The sun is the only passing similarity that The Woodbridge Oval in downtown Albir may have with the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Likewise the Woodbridge rarely gets a mention when thinking of the world’s great cricket stadiums: Lord’s, Eden Gardens, The MCG. But, as far as surprises go, Albir takes the wicket! A cricket ground in the middle of a small Mediterranean coastal resort on Spain’s Costa Blanca – who would believe that?
Yet sure enough, this little corner of a foreign field is forever England. And club teams from around the world organise their schedules to get an opportunity to play here. For holidaymakers, if there’s a match on take a blanket and a parasol, make yourself comfy, G&T in one hand; now close your eyes and gently drift off listening to the sound of an English summer!
