BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte is excited and looking forward to the “successful delivery” of the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 tournament in the Caribbean.
Addressing the ICC WT20 WI 2010 Project Team recently at Kensington Oval, Hunte urged the organisers to continue working diligently to present a thrilling and enjoyable cricketing showpiece for the WICB and the region during the April 30 to May 16 event.
“Many of the best cricketers in the world will be on show and we want to show the best of the Caribbean to the world,” Hunte said.
Hunte – also chairman of the ICC WT20 WI 2010 Policy Committee – pledged the Board’s support and stated that, as tournament hosts, the WICB should ensure the event is outstanding.
The WICB chief also noted a stellar ICC WT20 tournament could strengthen the West Indies’ quest to be a host venue when other ICC events are up for grabs.
ICC Events Manager Chris Tetley hailed the Caribbean as the ideal backdrop for Twenty20 cricket given the blend of enjoyment, passion, excitement and energy synonymous with both the region and cricket’s newest and shortest format.
“I’m extremely excited about the potential for this tournament … it can be the best Twenty20 event the world has ever seen,” he declared, challenging organisers to give their best because there will be “no second chance” to get it right.
“You don’t want to wake up the morning after and think ‘we could have done better’.”
During the two-day meeting in Barbados, which followed a week-long venue inspection tour, representatives from all four host nations — Barbados, Guyana, St Kitts and Saint Lucia — detailed operational plans for various functional areas.
These areas include concessionaires, corporate hospitality, cricket operations, match-day logistics, media management, merchandising, safety & security, ‘sportainment’, traffic management, ticketing and volunteers.
In the coming months, these plans will be fine-tuned in the build-up to the April 30 start of the third edition of the ICC World Twenty20 championship.