From cricket widow to cricket wife
Kathleen Galligan, an American, was clueless about cricket, until she met her future husband Subash Jayaraman at a small Irish pub in Pennsylvania in the spring of 2007
04-Aug-2014
Kathleen Galligan, an American, was clueless about cricket, until she met her future husband Subash Jayaraman at a small Irish pub in Pennsylvania in the spring of 2007. Jayaraman, who hosts the popular podcast Cricket Couch (now featured on ESPNcricinfo) and blogs about the game, decided in 2012 to set off on a nine-month whirlwind cricket tour across the world with his wife. Now in their third country, Kathleen writes about her gradual transformation from a 'cricket widow' to a potential 'cricket wife', in her blog for Wisden India.
Maybe, when the trip is over, we will go back to that bar where it all started. We can talk about our travels, catches taken, and sixes hit. Maybe, as we toast, we will spy a young couple sitting across the table from each other, speaking shyly, strangers becoming something more, and we will watch them and smile, knowing they have no idea what they are in for.