A Caribbean party with question marks

Sat, Aug 3, '13

It was an opening night to savour for Ajmal Khan, Damien O'Donohoe, Denis O'Brien and Dave Cameron. The founder of the Caribbean Premier League, its CEO, the Digicel chairman, and the West Indies Cricket Board president saw their big project take off under the bright lights at Kensington Oval in just the manner desired.

There was drama from ball one, Albie Morkel of the St Lucia Zouks dismissing Dwayne Smith of the home team, Barbados Tridents.

The game's final act, Tridents captain Kieron Pollard taking a return catch to get rid of Garey Mathurin, was also full of import. As he threw the ball into the air on completion of the catch and the win, a full house erupted, joining him in celebration.