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Re: Biggest Sporting event ever- The Caribbean ready for WORLD CUP Cricket 2007.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Hosts West Indies and Pakistan will open the 2007 Cricket World Cup, it was announced here yesterday.
The Group D clash between the West Indies and Pakistan will be on March 13 at the newly renovated Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
The West Indies is hosting the World Cup for the first time, expecting to draw more than 100,000 visitors to a region highly dependent on tourism. Caribbean countries are investing more than US$220 million (183 million euro) to upgrade or build new cricket stadiums and other infrastructure.
There will be 51 one-day international matches in 59 days, with Barbados hosting the final at Kensington Oval on April 28, 2007, the ICC said.
Jamaica will host the opening ceremony on March 11 at a new stadium to be built in northern Trelawny on Jamaica's north coast.
Round robin play will see six games over a period of 11 days, with the final match of this group slated for March 23, between the West Indies and Ireland, who secured their place at the showpiece by reaching the final of the recent ICC Trophy.
Defending champions Australia will begin their defence of their title at the fully upgraded Warner Park Stadium in St Kitts when they take on ICC Trophy winners Scotland on March 14.
JAMAICA OBSERVER
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Groupings for the 2007 World Cup:
Pool I: Australia, South Africa, Holland, Scotland
Pool II: Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bermuda
Pool III: New Zealand, England, Kenya, Canada
Pool IV: West Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland
The Group D clash between the West Indies and Pakistan will be on March 13 at the newly renovated Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
The West Indies is hosting the World Cup for the first time, expecting to draw more than 100,000 visitors to a region highly dependent on tourism. Caribbean countries are investing more than US$220 million (183 million euro) to upgrade or build new cricket stadiums and other infrastructure.
There will be 51 one-day international matches in 59 days, with Barbados hosting the final at Kensington Oval on April 28, 2007, the ICC said.
Jamaica will host the opening ceremony on March 11 at a new stadium to be built in northern Trelawny on Jamaica's north coast.
Round robin play will see six games over a period of 11 days, with the final match of this group slated for March 23, between the West Indies and Ireland, who secured their place at the showpiece by reaching the final of the recent ICC Trophy.
Defending champions Australia will begin their defence of their title at the fully upgraded Warner Park Stadium in St Kitts when they take on ICC Trophy winners Scotland on March 14.
JAMAICA OBSERVER
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Groupings for the 2007 World Cup:
Pool I: Australia, South Africa, Holland, Scotland
Pool II: Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bermuda
Pool III: New Zealand, England, Kenya, Canada
Pool IV: West Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland
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