3,578 miles for the love of Windies
There is a group of supporters in England who have driven 1,789 miles to support the West Indies team at the 2019 ICC World Cup.
Although the team failed to impress, winning only two games and not advancing to the semifinals, the group of friends has vowed to continue supporting the Caribbean side because they say no distance is too far to travel to show their support.
The group, led by Dominican Martin Adrien, featured some of the faces that the West Indies players saw regularly in England during the tournament.
Martin was joined by a group of truly dedicated supporters, including the Guyanese Michael Bacchus, Trinidadian Peter Matthews, Dominican David Blacher, Jamaicans Raymond Asher and Audley Johnson, Barbadian Carlyle Stuart and local boy Errol Panton, as they drove around the country to support the team.
Adrien explained: When we saw the fixtures we were very upset at the fact that they were not putting our boys to play any games in London. With all due respect, they even give teams like Bangladesh three games in London and the West Indies got none. Not even one at what we called our home ground in the past, the Oval in London. (But) we said this would not affect our boys in terms of not getting out support.
Although the team failed to impress, winning only two games and not advancing to the semifinals, the group of friends has vowed to continue supporting the Caribbean side because they say no distance is too far to travel to show their support.
The group, led by Dominican Martin Adrien, featured some of the faces that the West Indies players saw regularly in England during the tournament.
Martin was joined by a group of truly dedicated supporters, including the Guyanese Michael Bacchus, Trinidadian Peter Matthews, Dominican David Blacher, Jamaicans Raymond Asher and Audley Johnson, Barbadian Carlyle Stuart and local boy Errol Panton, as they drove around the country to support the team.
Adrien explained: When we saw the fixtures we were very upset at the fact that they were not putting our boys to play any games in London. With all due respect, they even give teams like Bangladesh three games in London and the West Indies got none. Not even one at what we called our home ground in the past, the Oval in London. (But) we said this would not affect our boys in terms of not getting out support.
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