Map Austrian Hungarian Empire 2024-06-28 Map Austrian Hungarian Empire - Last update images today Map Austrian Hungarian Empire Brett Wisely Hits 2-run Homer In 9th To Send Giants Past Dodgers, 5-3 In an astroturfed gazebo at the back of a cricket stadium in South America were four men: England's white-ball coach, media manager and head of security, and me. It is a privilege to travel around the world covering this sport but Thursday's T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final was about as surreal as it gets.My colleague Sidharth Monga and I decided which semi-finals we would cover in April: Sid would go to Trinidad, I'd head to Guyana. Even then, hotel availability was limited and flights back and forth from Barbados were scarce; even more so once the ICC publicly confirmed that India would play in the second semi-final if they progressed, regardless of their finishing position in the Super Eight.No wonder, then, that when the rest of the touring England press pack attempted to book trips at less than three days' notice - when England's semi-final destination was decided - they had little joy. Mike Atherton juggled TV commentary with his work for the Times, while Alex Davidson and Gareth Copley were there on behalf of Getty Images. But for the UK written press alone, it was just me.It led to a strange few days. The day before the game, I realised I was likely to be the only journalist who would ask Rohit Sharma whether India's predetermined semi-final was an advantage to them, and what he made of the lack of a reserve day with rain in the forecast. Immediately after he shrugged the question off, I put an AirPod in to listen to Matthew Mott's Zoom call with my colleagues in Bridgetown; I hope Rohit didn't notice.Guyana's rich cricketing legacy and its obvious association with West Indies can obscure its unique status as the only major cricketing nation in South America, on account of Britain's colonial rule in the 19th century. It is a rapidly-developing country after the recent discovery of 11 billion barrels of oil off the coast and much of the capital city, Georgetown, is under construction as a result.The semi-final itself was a bizarre spectacle. I spent 12 hours at the Providence Stadium, arriving early to beat the traffic on the advice of my taxi driver, Nigel. He made two predictions while dropping me off: "Cricket will play, and England will take licks." So it proved, despite heavy showers throughout the morning.The crowd was poor for a World Cup semi-final, which was no surprise. Guyana requires Indian visitors to apply for a visa, a lengthy process which disincentivises travel, and England supporters suffered from the same issues as the press pack. Reece Topley's dad, Don, made it, as did a couple of hardcore fans who belted out the national anthem on the grass banks.But the locals largely stayed away, for two obvious reasons. One, they had no dog in the fight: as with the rest of the Caribbean, Guyanese interest in the World Cup fell sharply with West Indies' elimination on Sunday. And two, the game was due to start at 10.30am on a Thursday, local time. It reflects the reality of cricket's economic model and its reliance on Indian broadcast revenue, but it is a hard sell to fans who would have to take a day off work to attend.The result was that only around 7,000 tickets were sold, per an ICC estimate - plus some free ones distributed to sponsors and teams. This, in a stadium which seats 15,000 people and becomes a cricketing carnival during the Caribbean Premier League: it reinforced the fact that World Cups are increasingly products for TV viewers rather than matchgoing fans.As I stood in the mixed zone tent behind the media centre, asking Mott questions for 10 minutes - some my own, others on behalf of colleagues - I could not escape the feeling that this was a strange semi-final of a strange World Cup. There may never be another quite like it. Tumblr Px1f35jk1z1rasnq9o1 1280 Large News Gal Image 6564 Austro Hungary 1000 ?itok=nNOM00Mf 4d9b55d1ec9b5f58c3034f5315de1e03 5d8220a79ad8f43ee86372fb54105d0c Austria Hungary Map.svg 1024x791 Outbreak Empire World War I Austria Hungary Defeat Maxresdefault 390321504e5b0451ffe278925e86d179 Qmg Aut W67 Q01 Sb36smid2qv41 93205 004 ECEB60F9 Age Marriage 3.%2BPost%2BwwI%2Bdivision%2Bof%2BAustro Hungary Austro Hungary 1000 Tumblr Pr5rksRCz31rasnq9o1 1280 350px Dissolution Of Austria Hungary Mapempire E1647355968619 Leqj130j1gj61 Sbf50amt28g51 33e084aaf53fb40338f8c7fe78fe961f 24c9cebf69 1a2bb61cddfa310872b9c634615eb9dd Sb36smid2qv41 ?auto=webp&s=ef7cd07eb2f4f4569003b1f6945d24f453310720 9q5fah3gjrp11 ?auto=webp&s=a04c70c8475941c402dbc569cdb941e2ff7aac8a Yt7vpivo2gj61 ?auto=webp&s=cd41f70736a4bff1fe0a2f18d4ae77a69403657f Tumblr Os1hofUw761rasnq9o1 1280 9q5fah3gjrp11 AxywBr1 300px Austria Hungary Ethnic.svg 250px Austro Hungarian Monarchy (1914).svg