St. Kitts & Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. Denzil L. Douglas (center) welcomes Team Captain Andrew Strauss (pictured immediately left of P.M. Douglas) and the English Cricket Team to St. Kitts & Nevis to start their Caribbean tour. Senator Ricky Skerritt, St. Kitts’ Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Sports & Culture and former West Indies cricket team manager (far right), looks on along with Virgin Atlantic Airways’ flight attendants and local cricket officials. The team arrived today via a special flag stop made by Virgin Atlantic from London and will spend 11 days in St Kitts preparing for their first test match against the West Indies on Wednesday, February 4, 2009.
Senator Ricky Skerritt said, “We are very pleased about the prospect of increased tourism from the UK and honored that the English cricket team will begin their tour preparations in St. Kitts. We will extend them our warm Caribbean hospitality and do everything possible to ensure that they enjoy their time on island to the fullest.”
Continuing momentum both from the arrival of British Airways’ inaugural flight from Gatwick, London on January 10 and St. Kitts’ hosting of key ICC Cricket World Cup matches in 2007, the England cricket team will play two three-day warm up matches at St. Kitts’ Warner Park.
Source:http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/newsindex.shtml?/cgi/news/release?id=246995
