PORT ELIZABETH: In IPl 2009 A crowd for moment can certainly make the atmosphere at a match but if you thus can manage some solitude and walk down the almont  corridors of St. George’s Park, you would not  miss the walls and those photo frames guarded that  by glass on either side. It is a veritable yard, with history all around.

Glass panes just that below the ceiling let into the dimming sunlight. You will  find yourself staring at two frames right on the walls - one of Graeme Pollock and the other of Lorrie Wilmot and  even you realise this is no ordinary stadium. It is St. George’s Park, that park a solid witness to legend  South African cricketing history.

A 164-year-old history beckons right  you to the main ground where many legends have played. Today it is a huge world-class 18,500-seater stadium, set within the grounds of the beautiful St George’s Park, nestled in the middle of the city totally  whose love of the game began with the arrival of the British. Stories abound about how one of the Britons wading through the surf of Algoa Bay to the shores of his new homeland, held aloft a cricket bat to ensure that it would not get wet.

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