Fans excited as Lara Cricket Academy opens

Speaking to Newsday during the Merry Boys-Cane Farm match, Pamela Singh from Princes Town said, “What I will tell you it’s a dream for me, it is a dream coming to reality. “ Singh said she has always liked cricket. “In fact when I was a child I was a cricketer, I played cricket in elementary school. I go to the Oval and If I am driving in the night and I see a match I stop and watch an over.

“Is really south people support cricket,” she added. “I was in the Oval for the Pakistan series, we just like it.” Her friend Gully Ramlochan, who is also from Princes Town said, “We are so happy to have this Stadium in south because we are cricketers. We like to go and look at cricket and anywhere it have cricket playing we find ourselves going to look at cricket. We were longing for here to open for us to come and visit. It is a very nice thing they have done for us in south.” Wes Hosein from San Fernando was in attendance alongside his two friends. Hosein said, “It is something long in the waiting because in south we have been neglected for decades. We have waited almost ten years for this and I am looking forward to the events they are having here because it is convenient.” The Brian Lara Academy was first scheduled to open for the 2007 World Cup which was held in the West Indies.

Hosein believes the venue has the potential to host international cricket. “They must leave room for improvement, there is always room for improvement. The possibility exists (to host international cricket) but they need to do a little more teething.

“In anything, even if you are building a house and the builder hand over your house complete you still have something to do.”