On March the 8th I attended a Night of Recognition in honour of Reds Perreira at Bourda. It reminded me of so much.
It is good that the Providence Stadium is now well established in the game. But it remains sad that Bourda is no longer the site for hard-fought cricket between nations. A long tradition, the most remarkable in the whole West Indies, ended. So much was therefore lost. That long brightness fell into shadow. One of the most famous and revered grounds in all cricket history came to an end of its great days at the sunlit summit of the game.
This renowned ground and Club must not be allowed to become simply a scantily written-up footnote in Guyanese, West Indian and world cricket. Its proud history must be suitably inscribed in our annals.
