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By Scott 2 years ago, mid-April Leave a comment on this post
Phil Long is with the Barmy Army and he wrote an account of the riot at Gawahati for the BBC.
I’m not sure what sparked off the initial trouble but certainly where I was perched it wasn’t the result of any tannoy announcement as there simply hadn’t been any.
Only when the first advertising hoardings were being ripped from their frames to be used as material for the on-terrace fires that followed was a plea of ‘Please be patient’ made - and ignored.
After that, the whole thing snowballed and although I later found out that some injuries occurred I never felt in any particular danger.
This feeling was reinforced by the local police who instead of tackling the trouble head on found it inconveniently coincided with their lunch break.
So we witnessed the somewhat surreal sight of the local constabulary munching contentedly on their lunch as chaos ruled around them.
I don’t think there was anything particularly sinister about the riot. Just the locals were extremely peeved about not seeing any cricket. Sadly, rain interruptions and soaked outfields are just as much a part of the game as reverse swing and cover drives. Anyway, it was a very interesting read by Phil Long.
Tags: barmy-army, cover-drive, england, england-in-india, gawahati, lunch-break, police, rain, reverse-swing, riot |
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