CUBA: CRICKET - THE SPORT OF CRICKET IN CUBA.

Record ID: 930428

  • Title: CUBA: CRICKET - THE SPORT OF CRICKET IN CUBA.
  • Date: 29th June 2005
  • Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. CHILDREN PLAYING CRICKET WITH PLASTIC STICKS AND BALLS DONATED BY THE CANADIAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION 2. BALLS MADE OF RAGS USED TO PLAY CRICKET 3. VARIOUS OF VICTOR ALDANA CARVING A CRICKET BAT WITH A MACHETE 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) REINA MENDEZ, WIFE OF VICTOR ALDANA AND SECRETARY OF THE CUBAN CRICKET COMMISSION, SAYING: "I began observing this game in Guantnamo when I was just a baby, five years old, six years old more or less and then I enjoyed it and now I'm trying to do my best for my ancestors" 5. VARIOUS OF YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYING CRICKET 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) IVAN CHAVEZ, CRICKET PLAYER, SAYING: "I played baseball before and I quit that and I saw this game and I liked it, I began to play this" 7. VARIOUS OF YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYING BASEBALL BESIDE WHERE CRICKET IS PLAYED 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) IGNASIO TORRES, BASEBALL PLAYER, SAYING: "It's a bore, all that running about with those little bats, it's nothing like baseball" 9. YOUNG CRICKET PLAYERS LINED UP 10. VARIOUS OF CRICKET PLAYERS FORMING TEAMS TO PLAY 11. VARIOUS OF SANTOSH RAWAT, INDIAN EMBASSY ATTACHE, TRAINING YOUTHS 12. VARIOUS OF YOUTHS PLAYING CRICKET 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SANTOSH RAWAT, INDIAN EMBASSY ATTACHE, SAYING: "They seem to be picking up the game quite better. They are very good in fielding and throwing and batting. They are quite good on the leg side because it probably comes from baseball" 14. VARIOUS OF YOUNG PEOPLE PLAYING CRICKET 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ANTHONY TOWIE, CRICKET COACH, SAYING: "If they help us, we in Cuba can get somewhere. The best fielders are here in Cuba, they say" HAVANA, CUBA (FILE, 2002) (GOVERNMENT STATION, TV CUBANA - ACCESS ALL) 16. FIDEL CASTRO, PRESIDENT OF CUBA, THROWING A BASEBALL HAVANA, CUBA (FILE, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 17. SPECTATORS ATTENDING A GAME BY THE CUBAN BASEBALL TEAM 18. VARIOUS OF THE CUBAN BASEBALL TEAM Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: HAVANA, CUBA
  • Country: Cuba
  • Reuters ID: LVAALRFZ2BTMDM4L6HENUYNAZDJ7
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