Highlight of Amrs trip: he wrote Chanderpaul this letter (see pix) and took it to the team hotel with a little souvenir after the game - he sat patiently at the entrance waiting for the bus to arrive and when it seemed it wasnt going to come, we decided to leave the items at reception a floor above the entrance. However we had barely left when one of the hotel staff came to tell Amr to come down quickly as the team had arrived. In the lift he asked Amr who he had come to see. When Amr said it was Chanderpaul, he said he had been the first one to get off the bus and was already gone up to his room. Amr was visibly disappointed. This wonderful soul then said Come with me, took him to reception, told him to wait there and went up to Chanderpauls room to deliver the note and gift. A few minutes later he came down and told Amr that Chanderpaul was coming to meet him. Voila. He did indeed. He came with the gift of a training shirt in hand asking Are you the little man whos waiting for me? shook his hand asked where his mum was and sat with us for around ten minutes. Amr became tongue tied so I did most of the talking. When I asked if Amr could email him, he said he could Whatsapp him instead! Even sent us a test message so that we could save his number. After he left Amr said: I cant believe that happened. That was so cool. That felt like an interview. (He has watched me interview people before and I guess when he became shy, I went into journalist mode and asked many questions) #DiariesOfACricketSingleMum #Cricket #Amr #Chanderpaul #cricketadventures #Windies
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:58:53 +0000
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