Cricket, Calypso & Rum Time!

Ishani Duttagupta & Raja Awasthi
Times News Network Saturday, January 06, 2007

Forget the Swiss Alps and exotic Thai beaches. The next holiday season belongs to the Caribbean. A heady mix of cricket, steel drums and Angosturas is set to keep travel buffs and cricket fans in good spirits. And the travel industry is all set to cash in.

Starting January 15 right up to May 15 (the end of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007), the nine CARICOM (Caribbean Community) host countries – Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago – along with Dominica are launching a six-month, multiple entry visa into the single domestic space created by the governments to facilitate seamless travel within the region for the World Cup. All Indian nationals travelling to the region during the period will have to use the special visa.

Read More

West Indies Cricket Needs Strategic Plan

By Daniel Singh – January 05, 2007

Any discussion on the future of cricket must take into consideration, among other things, the origin and causes of its decline in the first place, as well as what are the present circumstances that are leading to continuing poor performances of the team.

There is no single cause for the continuing decline of West Indies cricket over the years and, similarly, there can be no universal panacea that will bring about a revival of the game in the region and, hence, the team’s performances.

There are many issues that have been raised from time to time, and which have been posited as reasons for causing the decline in West Indies cricket. These include leadership problems, lack of proper coaching programmes, declining regional and local cricket standards, and certainly not the least, inadequate finances.

Many have also attempted to pass the blame on the influence of North American sports, but while that may be a minimal contributing factor, it is only a superficial way of excusing those at the West Indies Cricket Board level who hold the keys to any turn around that could be possible.

Read More

Golden Rock Plantation Inn – Nevis Wedding Package

Why not get married at the Golden Rock Plantation Inn? Private Two Person Wedding Package – Just $550 for your own private wedding! The Wedding Package Includes: Service of Marriage Officer and Legal Documents Two witnesses Wedding Gazebo Bride’s bouquet …

Read More

Windies Lose Limited-Overs Series

Fifth one-day international, Karachi: Pakistan 239-3 bt West Indies 238-7 by 7 wickets. Rana Naved 4-43 Mohammad Hafeez hit 92 as Pakistan beat West Indies by seven wickets in Karachi to seal a 3-1 one-day series success.  Shivnarine Chanderpaul had …

Read More