St. Lucia to Host International Cricket Next Year?

Contact: Roger Joseph

Friday, June 08, 2001 – St. Lucia may host international cricket as early as May next year during New Zealand’s tour of the West Indies.  So says, Youth and Sports Minister, Honourable Mario Michel.  He was speaking after a tour of the work in progress on a new international standard cricket ground for St. Lucia being built in the northern town of Gros Islet.

The tour included officials of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) who were in St. Lucia this week for a series of meetings and to assess the state of readiness of the new cricket grounds.

Minister Michel says work on what he expects to be the latest addition to the cricketing venues in the Caribbean will be completed in March next year, in time for India’s tour of the West Indies.  However, since the itinerary for the tour will be done long before then, it was not practical to include St. Lucia as one of the venues for that series, but he is certain that the island will be on the list of venues for the series against New Zealand scheduled for May and June 2002.

The new cricket ground is being built at a cost of $27 million dollars and will seat 15,000 persons.

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