The South Australian Tourism authorities left no stone unturned in making yesterday's cultural and entertainment programme at the Adelaide Oval exciting and rewarding for fans. Stalls lined up at the Oval gave away free ice creams and goodies to fans indulging in fun activities like throwing down stumps or simply catching a ball.


The Bollywood Fusion dance group performs at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. Pics/Ashwin Ferro 

Kids had a fun time too with face painting and chocolates doing the rounds for free. Local cultural groups from Adelaide then performed to some electric dance numbers that were well received too. "It's because of the cricket fan, that we all are here today. It's high time the fans got their due," said one of the SA Tourism officials. Maybe Indian cricket administrators could take a leaf out of here and reward fans back home in a similar fashion too.