As the Jamaica XI were staring at a big defeat, he chuckled: "The next batsman is Tamar Lambert. All we can do is wish him luck". More significant was the previous announcement: "We request all of you to use plastic cups while sharing alcohol. We do not encourage glass items inside the ground." One can imagine the kind of uproar such an announcement might have elicited five months back in Pakistan considering, leave alone grounds, alcohol isn’t even allowed inside the country.

Somewhere around the halfway stage of the game, Montego Bay’s most famous son makes an appearance. Steve Bucknor – footballer, cricketer, football referee, cricket umpire, "slow death" et al – is the most recognisable figure in these parts. He waves to the crowd graciously; some respond by raising the index finger. He chats with his friends at Jarrett Park, feels Ricky Ponting will break every record in the book, and raves about the magical qualities of Warne, Murali and Harbhajan. One of the local umpires tells us the secret behind Bucknor: "He always cool maan, he good because he cool." Later in the night, Bucknor duly proves him wrong by losing his temper in a traffic jam while driving back to Kingston.