Corfu International Cricket Festival, a good start; Peter Levi on Cricket in Corfu

In spite of the weather, the Cricket Festival got off to a good start this afternoon...except for some unfortunate person who chose to ignore the warning signs about the risks of parking in the plateia during a cricket match.

Future matches and fixtures:

Sunday 12 September, 11.00, Plateia (Spianada)
Saturday 18 September, 14.00, Plateia
Sunday 19 September, 11.00, Plateia
Saturday 25 September, 14.00, Gouvia Marina pitch
Sunday 26 September, 11.00, Plateia
Friday 1 October, 14.30, Gouvia Marina pitch
Saturday 2 October, 13.45, Gouvia Marina pitch
Sunday 3 October, 11.00, Plateia.

For information about teams etc, call the Hellenic Cricket Foundation, +30 2661047753,
email: contact@cricket.gr

I enjoyed talking to the Australian (Greek-Australian) cricketers from Melbourne.

Fielding in the car park:

Was that a four or a six?

My own car was only parked a few metres further away...

Peter Levi writing in The Spectator on Corfu Cricket, in 1985