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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Karl[/i] [br]gamma hl meet chris dehring. chris, hl: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - West Indies cricket officials are expecting the 2007 World Cup to inject US$500 million into the economies of the Caribbean countries. 'Having seen the contribution of the 2003 World Cup to South Africa, I'm confident of US$500 million being injected into the Caribbean when we host the tournament,' the 2007 World Cup's chief organiser, Chris Dehring, said yesterday. The West Indies won the first two World Cups and were runners-up in the third, all held in England, in 1975, '79 and '83, but have never hosted cricket's premier event. Dehring led a delegation of West Indies cricket officials to observe the organisation and conduct of the World Cup in South Africa. The scale and organisation of the tournament was impressive, said Dehring, who promised the West Indies would deliver an improved version. 'The World Cup has brought tremendous tourism and economic drive to South Africa and we're hoping to replicate the success in the West Indies,' he said. 'This has been the best World Cup ever, and it will remain so until 2007 when we'll raise the bar further.' Dehring said the geography of the West Indies posed challenges but would 'add a distinct West Indies flavour to the cricket World Cup.' The backing of the Caribbean Community, the association of 15 governments, was essential for the successful conduct of the World Cup. 'The Caricom officials know, we know and the world knows that the World Cup cannot be staged without their assistance,' he said. 'South Africa has been able to create an atmosphere where everyone's got involved in the World Cup. We're taking back ideas to be adopted to the West Indies scenario,' he said. 'We'll bring the West Indies pride into the World Cup's organisation.' The organisers were thinking of hosting matches in the United States and Canada in 2007, to give the game more global exposure. The trip to South Africa was about building relations with the International Cricket Council and its commercial partners, Dehring said, ahead of an inspection tour of the Caribbean facilities in May. Dehring said his interaction with tourism officials in South Africa underscored the legacy that the World Cup would leave for the West Indies. 'The Caribbean is already the destination of choice for leisure-seekers from many parts of the world. The 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean will make it a destination of unbridled desire.' [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.