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    Photos from Slovakia

    By Will last year, mid-March Leave a comment on this post

    A couple of photos from Angus Bell, Scot-born-but-living-in-very-snowy-Montreal and author of Slogging the Slavs.

    A Slovak googly grip. In the village of Hajske, cricket has become the #1 sport. Five minutes before an international Twenty:20, Slovakia’s wicketkeeper demonstrates the complexities of legspin. Fellow international cap Stalin sits behind.
    Googly

    The Slovaks consume plum brandy at drinks break. Here, the next batsman in feels the effects on camping tour in Prague
    Drunken slovak cricketer

    Angus’s book, Slogging the Slavs: A Paranormal Cricket Tour from the Baltic to the Bosphorus, is available at Amazon and in bookshops around the UK.

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    2 Responses to “Photos from Slovakia”

  • Kathy wrote:
    March 12th, 2007 at 12.43 am

    Ah, that was my first big laugh of today!

  • Justcoz wrote:
    March 12th, 2007 at 12.49 am

    Angus - contact me through maddogscricketclub@gmail.com, would love to bring the dogs up from NY for a weekend

    Neil

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