Cricket match

They do play cricket in the Falkland Islands. There is an annual competition called the "South Atlantic Ashes". A team from Stanley plays a team from the military base at Mount Pleasant.

There is no cricket pitch in Stanley but there is an artificial pitch at the military airbase. I have taken a photograph of us playing, but I had to be very careful not to photograph any of the "secret" buildings in the distance. It is probably the most southerly cricket pitch in the world.

I missed the first match because I was on the battlefield tour but I umpired the last two matches. This year the military won 3 - 0. They were a bit fitter than the Stanley team and had a couple very useful players. The matches are played in a competitive, but good natured spirit. They have a presentation ceremony at the end, where the Ashes trophy is presented to the winning team. I got a little memento for umpiring the matches.