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ICC CWC 2007 Given Rousing Send-Off by St. Kitts & Nevis

St. Kitts & Nevis sent ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 on its way in true Caribbean style today with a farewell Group Stage match that typified the term “calypso cricket”.

As Australia and South Africa traded blow for blow on the picture-perfect Warner Park strip in Basseterre, a party with 10,000 in attendance was in full swing beyond the boundary ““ fans dancing to infectious melodies, drinking and eating to their hearts’ content and savouring the world-class sporting spectacle before them.

“This is great. I have thoroughly enjoyed the two matches I attended and I’m proud to see the West Indies on the international stage like this,” declared Mervin Powell who came over from Nevis for the landmark occasion.

His compatriot, Michael Gumbs, was pleased that he made the decision to fly in from the USA to see the action “live and direct” as he put it.

“I wanted to be here. This is fantastic for the people of St. Kitts & Nevis and every citizen of th is country should be proud today. We have the two best teams in the world here playing in the Cricket World Cup. It’s an honour.

“It’s a pity it has to end today. More people should have come out to the earlier matches but I think in time they will appreciate that it’s not just West Indies playing in the tournament,” he said.

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New Program For Nevis Television

Charlestown, Nevis- March 26, 2007The Premier of Nevis, Hon. Joseph Parry will be the first guest of a new program entitled “The People’s Talk” which will air on Wednesday’s following the Nevis Newscast on Nevis Television (NTV) and on VON Radio on Monday evenings at 8 pm.

“I am happy about this new program and I feel that the people of Nevis will enjoy viewing themselves, friends and family members discuss the topics that affect all of us here in Nevis. I am also delighted that the producer of the program will seek honest answers from all members of the community, despite their political affiliations, said Premier Parry”

The 10 minute program produced and hosted by Press Secretary to the Premier, Mrs. Deli Caines Bussue will deal with topics that the residents of Nevis are talking about.

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“The Dentist” From Nevis – Cricket News

Andrew Miller
March 25, 2007

John Maynard now divides his time between net-bowling duties to visiting World Cup teams and
appearing as a guest summariser on Test Match Special At www.Stanford2020.com

To an English cricket fan of the early 1990s, John “The Dentist” Maynard was one of the most
evocative characters imaginable. One might even go so far as to suggest he is the most famous West
Indian (Nevis, West Indies) fast bowler never to have played a Test. Those who were not hooked on the coverage of England’s tour of the Caribbean in 1993-94 will probably have no idea who he is. Others, like
myself, could give chapter and verse on his marmalisation of England’s middle-order during their
build-up to that winter’s Test series.

Maynard, to this distant long-wave listener of Test Match Special, typified an era when a tour of
the West Indies was the ultimate examination of body and soul. The arrival of a Test team in the
Caribbean, particularly if it had come from England, was a call to arms for every aspiring
cricketer in the region. Long before Duncan Fletcher turned tour games into a 12-man-a-side
glorified net session, Maynard and his cronies were cranking up the pace and injecting the venom,
eager to advance their claims to Test selection, but equally determined to crush the tourists’
morale before they embarked on the main event.

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Nevis Benefits From Cricket World Cup

Charlestown, Nevis

“We in St. Kitts – Nevis have made history not only in terms of hosting World Cup but we are now actually in the record books as we had Gibbs from South Africa hitting six sixes in an over and that was done right here in Warner Park.”
 
Those were the sentiments of Oscar Walters, President of the Nevis Cricket Association in a brief interview with SKNVibes on the economic impact of ICC World Cup Cricket. 
 
“I do not see an immediate impact on the economy in the sense that it is ongoing and I am not seeing the visitor turnout that I expected for the World Cup.  As this is the first round of matches it is not a round where you see a lot of big teams and so forth performing.  While I do not see a big impact in terms of the economy, I do see something happening later down the road as we are now on the world map,” he said.

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Saint Kitts Chicken Business Losing Money

Friday March 23 2007
Saint Kitts Sun

One restaurateur is complaining that ICC Cricket World Cup has adversely affected her business causing her to lose thousands of dollars on her investment.

Proprietor of Chicken Hut, Althea White, told the SUN she has had nothing but hardship since the World Cup started last week Wednesday.

Chicken Hut is the only business located in the security area surrounding Warner Park and because of stringent security measures, cordoning off the streets leading to Warner Park and blocking vehicular traffic.  White said her business has suffered a major blow, especially on match days.

White, whose restaurant is located directly opposite the walls of the Warner Park Stadium estimates that she has lost close to EC $10,000 because of the World Cup.

“On the first day, there were foreign police posted at each point and when people told them they want to go to Chicken Hut, they told them they don’t have a pass so they were turned back and as a result of that, I lost business that day. When I consulted a police inspector on the matter, he said they forgot to put the barricade in the road to partition off the area because they were so busy and they forgot to put a local police with the foreign police, so that’s the reason everything went haywire that day,” White said.

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