- Martin Gough
- 27 Mar 07, 02:50 PM
I had a rude awakening this morning, firstly from a car horn being blown outside at 6am, then from the front page of Guyana’s Kaieteur News.
Under the headline “BBC’s Martin Gough insulting journalism” a comment piece roundly lambasts yesterday’s blog in which I described my first two days in Guyana.
“To witness the gutter journalism from a BBC Sport correspondent is the largest indication to date that British society has certainly declined,” it says.
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- Adam Mountford
- 27 Mar 07, 08:30 AM
I am writing this at Barbados airport - I have a little time to kill as I've just found out the flight to Guyana which was supposed to have been held for me has actually left and the next one isn't for seven hours!
But I am not moaning as it gives me an opportunity to engage in a favourite activity amongst cricket fans...it's time to pick a World XI - and this time I'm going for the 'Team of the Tournament so far'.
These teams are always highly subjective, but picking them is good fun. My criteria is to go for a side based purely on performances in the Caribbean and therefore I have only chosen from the teams which have qualified for the Super 8's. I've also tried to include a player from each team.
I have no doubt that the XI chosen will now suffer a downturn in their fortunes - but here goes.
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