Perhaps I was a little premature when I signed off my "Arrival in the Falklands" piece. The particular bowler I mentioned that I was feeling very sorry for, didn't have to bowl into the teeth of a Falkland gale after all. Around two hours before play was due to start, word came through that the remote road up to the cricket ground situated near Mount Pleasant airport had been closed to all vehicles; the wind was just far too strong.

Match off due to wind! Now that's a first for me. I have walked off the field of play due to the extreme cold before; the umpiring legend that is Dickie Bird deeming the Oxford University spring weather to be to inhospitable for play to continue.

Mind you, Dickie could find a myriad of different ways of interrupting a game. Bomb threats at the Oval, he himself having to go off and answer the call of nature at Old Trafford, and famously Alan Lamb's mobile phone going off in Dickie's pocket in the middle of a test match.

One incident that I remember fondly, happened whilst playing for Leicestershire on a sunny afternoon in Chesterfield, Derby; the day after the awful events at Chernobyl. Dickie was looking anything but comfortable; shifting around on his feet, the collar of his umpires coat turned right up, he kept casting worried looks in the direction of the bank of trees surrounding the pretty Chesterfield ground.

I was fielding right next to Dickie at square leg and had noticed his discomfort.

"You ok Dickie"? I enquired.

"I can feel it Butch"he said, in that familiar Barnsley tone,"it's coming through the trees"."What is"? I asked, somewhat confused,"fall out Butch, fall out from Chernobyl, it's coming through the trees".

Now at this point I would have normally burst into fits of laughter, but poor old Dickie was looking very perturbed and so with great difficulty I suppressed my rising mirth. It was the end of another over and once again I found myself next to Dickie at square leg.

"Butch" he said, gesturing for me to come closer."I don't like it at all mate" he said,"do you know anywhere in Chesterfield where I can buy a copper cap"?

Well that was the game changing comment and suddenly all that pent up laughter erupted from within me, producing a noise best described as akin to two feuding Bull Elephant seals prior to a mating rights confrontation.

'Aggers' (Jon Agnew ), our opening bowler, and now BBC cricket correspondent, was bought to a grinding halt mid run up, put off by my bellowing at square leg, this also caused utter confusion to the thirteen other people on the pitch, not to mention the assembled crowd. A lovely man Dickie Bird, and a great umpire.

So, back here in the Falklands. With the game off and the slight chance of the wind abating, we hastily arranged a net session for later that afternoon. There was no change in conditions, but the turn out for nets was good and it meant that I could meet the Island's players for the first time.

One of the interesting facets of working in far flung cricketing outposts such as the Falklands, is the diversity of the people I am asked to coach. From the international players, who recognise their deficiencies but represent their country with great pride none the less, to the school children like the one's here at the local community school and the ladies section who are just starting out on their cricketing adventure; each group presents a different challenge and requires a different set of coaching skills. The involvement of all of these groups of players is part of the criteria laid down by the ICC and the boxes must be ticked off before countries such as this are allowed entrance into the ICC affiliate family.

Dr Martin Collins, Government director of South Georgia Fisheries and also chairman of the Falkland Islands Cricket Association, is very keen to maintain the ICC affiliate membership, granted to the Falkland Islands a couple of years ago.

"My main task" he said, "is to ensure that all cricketers on the Islands, and indeed future generations, get the opportunity to play as much cricket as possible, and that they also have regular access to good quality coaching. He believes that by unearthing one player with raw talent, it will create the role model for others to follow. With his political head on, he also concedes that,"the profile of the Islands, and diplomatic relationships around the world can also be improved through cricket tours to places such as Brazil, Belize and Barbados; all countries, among others, who have expressed a wish to get Falkland Island teams touring in the future.

It is really exciting for me to be part of this building process and in a small way to be involved in developing a structure that enables people to improve their cricketing skills and knowledge, and as a result, the chance for all cricketers to have the opportunity to reap the rewards in years to come.

Meanwhile, outside, the rain pours down, the thunder cracks and rumbles, and the gales persist. Thankfully the ladies session is indoors this afternoon; a beginners' bowling session!!

Wish me luck.