"I tell you, if you win the toss and you see the tide in the sea up, you put the West Indies in. If the tide is down, you bat. You will win if you follow the tide. It's always the case here," said Dublin.

"You see, when the tide is up, the ball will bounce around and in the afternoon it gets even. So there's no problem in chasing," he explained.

So why was he letting this secret out?

"I don't back the West Indies. Apart from Lara and Gayle, no one else can bat. The bowlers are also no good. I want any team to beat the West Indies now. I'll support Bangladesh and you can win," said Dublin whose frustration with the home side is deep rooted.

"They say I could have made the West Indies team a long time ago if I was in Trinidad. I was a damn good batsman. But I could not cross the trials in St Vincent as there were even better players. Still you don't see our boys getting the chance in the main West Indies team. The big islands never give us the chance.

"Sanford is no bowler. Collymore can't bowl. Dillon is a has been and he only plays 'cause he's Lara's friend."

Dublin was there sitting in the stands on Wednesday when Bangladesh were playing the West Indies Board XI in their tour opener and with the home team struggling at 55 for five, he drew the attention of this reporter towards him and gestured as if to say; "I told you so!"

His tide theory it seems, works. Never underestimate local knowledge.

EATING DOLPHINS!
Three hungry Bangladeshi journalists went into a Kingstown restaurant and inquired what they had on the lunch menu.

"We have fish, baked chicken, pork," said the lady at the counter.

Fish sounded great and after a few forkfuls of the fried fillets, they inquired just out of curiosity what kind of fish it was.

"That's dolphin."

But the alarm bells stopped when they learned that it was not a genuine dolphin that they ate but just a fish that looked like it.