The Cricket Match

 The story of The Cricket Match is about a group of West Indies people who have a cricket match with a group of men from England. The main character Algernon starts talking with a few of the cricket players from England. Algernon talks about how he loves cricket and all the West Indies people do is eat, sleep, and play cricket. The English man asks if they are willing to play a game over the weekend to have some friendly competition and some fun. Algernon realizes that he got himself in too deep because he hasn't played cricket in years. "You see what your big mouth gets us into. My big mouth! Algernon say". (Sam Selvon, The Cricket Match). Algernon had trouble finding eleven guys to play cricket this weekend. The tone of the text seems to really change throughout the story. In the beginning, there is a lot of confidence and almost pride. Then when he has to prove his skill the tone becomes more worried and stressed about play the game. On the day of the game, only eight of Algernon's team shows up so the English on play with eight as well. When Algernon takes the plate, he stands with the most unorthodox stance that the English have ever seen. Algernon hits the ball over the fence and everyone is shocked including Algernon.  After the game they all went over to the pub and talked more about cricket and when they will play the next game. The tone changed back to being very confident and prideful about their ability to play cricket. 

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