ICC CWC 2007 chairman Ken Gordon (left) and managing director and CEO Chris Dehring. - Contributed

TOP OFFICIALS of ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. have updated CARICOM leaders on the Caribbean's progress towards hosting ICC CWC 2007 next month.

CWC Chairman Kenneth Gordon and CWC managing director and CEO Chris Dehring met members of the CARICOM subcommittee on cricket last Sunday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines; the latter presenting a comprehensive report on the state of preparations across the region.

CEOs of the Guyana and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Local Organising Committees (LOCs) respectively, Karan Singh and Mike Findlay, also attended.

Ministers present

The meeting, which was chaired by Minister of State Delano Franklyn of Jamaica on behalf of the Prime Minister of Grenada, Keith Mitchell - who is chair of the subcommittee, was attended by Bharrat Jagdeo, president of Guyana, and the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Denzil L. Douglas. A number of ministers of sport from other CARICOM countries were also present.

Barbados' Deputy Prime Minister, Mia Mottley - who spearheads CARICOM's subcommittee on security for ICC CWC 2007 - brought those at the meeting up to date on the introduction of the Single Domestic Space and other security issues related to the tournament.

Subsequently on Tuesday, Gordon and Dehring met all CARICOM Heads of Government and held discussions on a range of matters related to both West Indies cricket and the Cricket World Cup.

Each Prime Minister was presented with an update on where his or her country stood and the issues which needed to be resolved if the region was to successfully host the tournament.

The Prime Ministers expressed their gratitude for the briefings and pledged to continue their full support. Direct lines of communications with the Prime Ministers, in the event of emergency situations during ICC CWC 2007, were also established.