{"id":360065,"date":"2026-04-25T13:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=360065"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:26:46","slug":"cricket-the-quiet-hunger-of-akeem-auguste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/cricket-the-quiet-hunger-of-akeem-auguste\/","title":{"rendered":"CRICKET: The Quiet Hunger of Akeem Auguste"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_360066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360066\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-360066\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Auguiste-642x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Auguiste-642x411.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Auguiste-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Auguiste-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Auguiste-640x410.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Auguiste.jpg 1033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akeem Auguiste. Photo credit: Cricket West Indies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ST JOHN&#8217;S, Antigua\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Akeem Auguste was around four years old the first time he stood at a crease, his father the bowler, soon to discover a sport that would come to define his life.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0By age twelve, his love for the game was accompanied by a desire for excellence, but when the young Saint Lucian was not selected for the Windward Islands\u2019 Under 15 side, he decided from that point he would never be passed over for any team ever again.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t get selected and from then on, I never wanted to get that feeling again of being left out of a team. 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