The West Indies are one of the teams that will feature at Saxton Field this Summer. They play Ireland in Nelson on February 16th 2015.
This cryptic crossword celebrates the unique, vibrant and colourful spectacle that is Caribbean cricket.
You’ll need to know your Windies cricket and cricket-history pretty well. Good luck!
The cache is a 400ml Sistema Container with log-book, pencil and small trades.
ACROSS
1. Aged nag ran out and made his maiden test century at Georgetown in 2003 (5,5)
4. Children all around the world hear the nick from this extended player. (3,4)
6. Retaining a kicker (7)
9. Advocate against racial discrimination decides tan nicest on. (11)
13. Heard at the cricket he sounds warmer. (6)
15. This pentacenturian has a toy home cached here in Nelson. (4)
16. Did I hear you order extra brassica for the seamer? (9)
18. Before he stops drinking he's an all-rounder. (8)
19. Remove water for balancing (4)
21. Leading apellation for all-rounder and T20 star. Precedes well done! (6)
22. A group of players heard to burgle a group. Perhaps they just took notes? (5,4)
23. Mr Roach introduces himself and says "Drop over sometime." (5)
24. Avowal: Cottonwood encompasses a future head of the ICC (7)
26. This famous park could be a basin in the case of a washout. (6)
28. Former Lancastrian leader is portrayed as coldly evil. (5,5)
29. Wonder hit becomes informal appellation for wonderful hitter (6,7)
31. Island tangled in vines. (5)
33. "Right," said Fred, "You must change or conflict." (5,5)
34. At the beginning we hear a light commercial will ignite for this paceman. (7)
35. He sounds mean and it certainly was a special time when he was at the crease. (9)
36. Not an Andy. Not a Bill. You could be stumped. (6)
37. The Marshall Islands and a mainland thoroughfare, (8)
DOWN
2. At luncheon we receive a Wherigo message including details of the Trinidadian batter. (5)
3. Formally, but not formerly, known as Sir Isaac. (3,8)
5. Taking 267 catches in Test matches doesn't make you hot stuff. Not quite. (5)
7. To collect wickets I assume. (6)
8. Shall we reconstruct another Barbadian? Will we prevail? (3,4)
10. A good delivery to the doorman. (7)
11. Simply the best first name. (4)
12. Generally almost named in the team for 1971. Best match figures of 9/95. (7)
14. Named firstly for the Mersey side but secondly they're a long time in the political game. (6)
17. The dread pirate from Antigua. (7)
18. When his first team lost he won and so did we first. (7)
20. Fallen native spins a sweetheart deal and lands a place on 1950 tour. (3,9)
25. An unarmed tourist sounds like an old rabbit. (5)
27. Damn hair got tangled. Comb it out and find a bowler! (8)
30. Adjudicator raises his finger (slowly) while you rub conk furiously. (7)
32. I heard he captained Australia but field's in Guyana. (6)
Once you're confident you've solved the puzzle you'll need to apply the following formulas to the information you've gathered.
Where your Southern co-ordinate is 41 @.#
@ = sqrt(A x S)
# = (G x A x K) - (D x K)
Where your Eastern co-ordinate is 173 $.&
$ = sqrt(V x R)
# = (G x H)(Y + J +Z) x K
