Barbadian-born Carl Jemmott attended Hillview College in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago, when it first opened its doors in 1959 and migrated to England in 1962.
An avid cricketer and coach, Jemmott eventually established himself in the English game as a coach at Middlesex and later on worked hard with a young man called Owais Shah, who went on to play for England.
Today, Jemmott naturally follows West Indies cricket and has been one oft he supporters who are following the team around during the current ICC World Cup.
Guardian Media caught up with Jemmott in Northampton as he prepared to go to the Northampton Cricket Ground to support the West Indies women's team as they went into battle against England in their second T20 clash on Friday.
Said Jemmott: "I was born in Barbados and my father was working in Trinidad, so I came and settled in Tunapuna for three years. At that time I was enrolled into Naparima College (the former name of Hillview College) and being a Barbadian I was better than the local boys at cricket.
"So naturally, I was made the captain of the team and we had some successful years. At that time my father had to pay for me to attend college and it was $16 TT at the time. Although it seemed like a little bit of money, it was quite a sum for my dad to makeup but he did it."
While in T&T, Jemmott was also into athletics and represented Hillview in the St. George East Games in the 800 metres and the mile. His brother Brian was a national sprinter and competed against T&T Olympic Gold Medal winner Hasely Crawford.
After a couple of years, Carl migrated to England and got involved in coaching. He coached at Middlesex County cricket club and touched the lives of many young cricketers who eventually went on to play county cricket as well as international cricket.
One such player was Shah, who made his England test debut in 2006 against India during a tour to the subcontinent. The allrounder eventually went on to play just six tests but played in 71 one day internationals and 17 T20 matches
Carl recalled: "I was a television engineer at one point and visited the home of the father of Owais Shah to fix his television. We started to talk cricket and he said he had a nine-year-old son back in Pakistan and every time there is a cricket match in the village they used to come and get him to play.
"His father was a pilot, so I told him to bring him to England to me at Middlesex. He did and Owais started off with me at the age of nine and went through the junior system until he was picked to play for England."
Carl, now 72, retired from coaching and settled in Northampton, has many other stories of young cricketers he had a hand in developing here in England. And of course, he still enjoys sharing his knowledge on the game with young cricketers. Just recently, when West Indies captain Jason Holder was playing for Northampton, he invited the young skipper to his home at times to dine and also to have a chat about cricket.
