Daniel Rey

Snakes alive! Playing cricket in Latin America

Pumas, panthers and crocodiles are often seen prowling the pitches, making cricket an unusually hazardous sport there, say James Coyne and Timothy Abrahams

Cricket team from the British colony centred around the Morro Velho gold mine, Brazil, photographed in 1910. Credit: Alamy

  • Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A Cricket Odyssey Through Latin America

    James Coyne and Timothy Abraham

    Constable, pp. 448, £20

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