At Linwood Park, where Patty sometimes organized athletics for the kids, Connie sat by herself on the grass, unbored, her hands fashioning a clover-flower ring for nobody, and let the minutes stream past her until Joey took his turnatbat or moved the soccer ball down the field and quickened her interest momentarily.
But the West Indies also struggled when it was their turn to bat and at 180-6 with one over to go it looked as if the home crowd would be rewarded with a victory.