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World Cup Cricket 2007 Schedule
GROUPINGS:
Group A: Australia, South Africa, Scotland and the Netherlands
Group B: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bermuda
Group C: New Zealand, England, Kenya and Canada
Group D: Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe and Ireland
For the actual schedule click the read more link
By MARC LACEY
Published: March 2, 2007
All travelers to the Caribbean for the Cricket World Cup in March and April will have their passports checked against an international database of lost or stolen travel documents, making the islands the first region in the world to put such a system in operation.
Before the nine countries involved in the World Cup along with the Bahamas jointly began operating the screening system, only Switzerland was checking all incoming passports against Interpol’s database of 13.4 million lost or stolen travel documents.
“The Caribbean is living proof that it can be done,” Ronald K. Noble, the secretary general of Interpol, said in a telephone interview yesterday from New York.
“It’s not a question of money,” he said. “It’s not a question of population size. It’s not a question of the size of the police force.”
Charlestown Nevis (March 2, 2007)
An organisation to promote intergenerational harmony and build youth adult partnership was launched in Nevis on Wednesday February 28, 2007 at the Mt. Nevis Hotel. The group now known as the Nevis Retired Professionals and Skills Corps (NRPSC) is an initiative of Ministry of Health and Community Development.
Minister of Social Transformation and Community Development, Hon. Hensley Daniel said that the establishment of this organisation is an opportunity for reintegration and to utilize the expertise and skills of those who are retired.
“We have an army of people who have passed 55 years of age and who are not 65 years of age and have retired and they are not playing that critical role that we wish them to play. This organization we hope to bridge that gap.
The Daily Telegraph
February 28, 2007
The race to put the finishing touches to the most complex cricket tournament ever staged is in full flow across the Caribbean.With just under two weeks before the tournament commences, there is an optimism in Government, and a fervour from the people of the islands, that this will be the greatest cricket World Cup ever staged. Certainly, it has taken a sporting event of this magnitude, and the common thread of West Indies cricket, to overcome traditional inter-island rivalries in commerce, tourism and development.
Politically within Caricom – the Caribbean community grouping in commerce, law and society – there is the belief that the legacy will be long-lasting and profitable. The reality may be that the wealth of legacies will differ from island to island.
Without doubt, this is the most logistically challenging – and expensive – cricket World Cup. Sixty-seven matches will be played over 54 days, at 12 venues, in nine countries: Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and St Kitts & Nevis.
Published on March 02, 2007
Caribbean NetNews
BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Security and infrastructure requirements are under review at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium as the start of ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) matches in St Kitts and Nevis is less than two weeks away.
In order to prepare the stadium for the event, 6,000 temporary seats have been added, tent villages and fan zones have been erected and a temporary media box has been constructed. The extra media facility was added to accommodate the large number of foreign press expected. The original media box is set up to facilitate radio and television broadcast.
The Chief Operating Officer and Venue Development Director of the CWC 2007, Don Lockerbie, is in St Kitts to conduct a system test. “We want to make sure that the PA (public address) system, the scoreboards and video boards and the CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) and the air conditioning and others are finished and working,” he said.