LONDON - MAY 21: Oliver Hannon-Dalby of Yorkshire bowls during day one of the Liverpool Victoria County Championship Division 1 match between Surrey and Yorkshire at The Brit Oval on May 21, 2008 in London, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

I must admit, I know little to nothing about cricket. Despite living in England, my only experience with the sport was shooting a one day women’s match. This goes to show you how much confidence our London office had in me. They must have been desperate.

So, when I was offered to shoot the Australians on a tour through the West Indies, I was excited and suspicious. I wasn’t offered the whole tour mind you, which can span many countries, taking eight weeks. Nonetheless, two weeks in Jamaica was hard to pass up and the fact that budgeting concerns might have had a role in not sending someone more experienced from Australia didn’t bother me in the least. Again, they had to have been desperate.

I rarely travel to a new destination without first reading “A Lonely Planet Travel Guide” for some background. It’s where I find information on the best restaurants, nicest beaches and entertainment options to stretch my expense account to the absolute maximum. It’s also were I get an idea of more important concerns such as safety, customs and immigration issues, local currency, electrical voltage conversion and anything and everything that might make my trip disasterous.

With most of the travel logistics out of the way, I spent the next few days leading up to my departure reading up on the rules and scoring of cricket, searching the Getty Images site for photos from our finest cricket photographers and taking mental notes on the terminology I would need to caption my photos.

Yeah mon, I was ready…