''An Aussie Goes Calypso'' is an Australian reality television series which airs on the pay TV channel FOX8. The series features Australian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

fan

Gus Worland Gus Worland is an Australian television and radio personality. He worked on Triple M breakfast radio from 2009 - 2019 and a series of reality television programs '' Man Up'' on the ABC, ''An Aussie Goes Barmy'', ''An Aussie Goes Bolly'' and ''An ...

following the Australian cricket team during their 2008 tour of The West Indies. The series is a sequel to Worland's previous series ''

An Aussie Goes Barmy ''An Aussie Goes Barmy'' is an Australian reality television series which aired on the pay TV channel FOX8 in 2006 in Australian television, 2006. The series featured Australian cricket fan Gus Worland infiltrating the Barmy Army, an organised gro ...

'' and ''

An Aussie Goes Bolly ''An Aussie Goes Bolly'' is an Australian reality television series which aired on the pay TV channel FOX8 in 2008. The six-part series featured Australian cricket fan Gus Worland following the Australia national cricket team, Australian cricket t ...

''. Its debut is on 3 December 2008. Episode One: Gus travels to

Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...

and is given a tour of the island by his hero,

Sir Vivian Richards Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (born 7 March 1952) is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side, Richards is widely ...

. Gus challenges Viv to an over of cricket and ends up bowling to the "Master Blaster". Gus is tonked with a lovely hook shot (showing Viv has still "got it." Viv's friend Andrew travels with Gus to the second test at the Viv Richards stadium and the pair witness Simon Katich and Michael Clarke score centuries against a floundering West Indian attack. (Andrew is a cricket tragic, just like K.C "The Fixer" from An Aussie Goes Bolly. Gus tries his hand at

goat curry (''hseik-tha hnat'') hi, Bakri curry id, kari kambing ms, kari kambing , country = Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia , region = Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Indonesia and Malaysia) and the Caribbean (Tr ...

, a local dish and ends up trying pigs tail (another local dish) on the request of a fellow Australian fan. He catches up with

Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is a former Australian cricketer, who played all forms of the game for his national side. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He made his Test debut for Australia in November 2007 ...

and

Stuart MacGill Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill (born 25 February 1971) is an Australian former cricketer who played 44 Test matches and three One Day Internationals for the Australian national cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler, who has been cred ...

on the Antiguan beach. Gus tries his hand at cricket with local kids, and ends up getting bowled, second ball by a local youngster with a Lasith Malinga like slinging action. Gus talks to Stuart McGill about his upcoming retirement. Episode Two: Gus Worland travels to Barbados with Andrew for the nest test. Gus tries goat curry (again) and gets chest pain during the test and experiences the anger of West Indian cricket fans.......

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