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A volunteer at the cricket World Cup writes: “It dawned to me that the ICC does not care about our little countries and our economies… They care only about image, ambush marketing, television and money.”

“I am writing at the Antigua Recreation Ground and, if I shut my eyes, I can still sense the spirit of Caribbean cricket that existed here before the International Cricket Council got hold of it, ran it out of town, then sanitised it out of existence.”

‘Each year local artists from entire America paint and decorate eggs which represent each state send them to White House. Then after voting the best Artist is selected he makes main egg of year.’

‘Climate change could turn the autumnal fungus foray in Britain into a year-round event, say researchers who have recorded changes in fruiting patterns over the past half-century.’