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The World Cup of Cricket 2007 in Guyana, West Indies |
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Guyana, West Indies is also called as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. It is the sole nation of the Commonwealth of Nations on the mainland of South America. It shares borders with Suriname on the east, Brazil to the south and southwest and Venezuela to the west. Guyana in Amerindian means “Land of many waters.” The nation has vast rain forests, many rivers, creeks and waterfalls. Although it is part of South America, its culture is similar to the Caribbean than Latin American. So, it is considered to be part of West Indies.
History
Trading posts were built by the Dutch in 1581. Sugar plantations were set up in 1658 and Africans were imported as slave labors. The city of Demerara was captured by Britain. It was in 1831 when the colony of British Guiana had appeared. Slavery was eradicated by the Britain in 1834 and indentured labor was used from china and India. Cheddi Jagan became the prime Minister in 1953. Guyana became independent on May 26, 1966 and on February 23, 1970 it became republic. In the elections held in the year 1992 Cheddi Jagan became a president and Janet Jagan, his widow was a president from the year 1997 to 1999 and in the year 1999 Bharat Jagedo became the president.
Facts
Area: 2,14,970 Sq.Km
Population (2005 Est.): 765,283
Capital (Population): Georgetown (225,800)
Sports
Guyana, West Indies has cricket, softball cricket and soccer as its major sports. Other sports that are played are netball, rounder, volleyball, golf, badminton, field hockey, cycling, boxing, lawn tennis, basketball, table tennis and squash. Soccer is the second most popular game for children and adults. The game called dominoes is also incredibly popular. Both men and women play this game at social gatherings in competitions.
Cricket
Guyana is a part of the West Indies for international cricket purposes. The British people introduced the sport to Guyana. Further it became the national sport of Guyana. Men and women play the sport alike at the village, county, school and national levels. For the 2007 Cricket World Cup, a brand new “Providence Stadium” has been built. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The Guyana cricket team represents the first class cricket team of the country. It contests the inter-regional competitions like the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup. The county has won the domestic first class title 5 times, since it’s beginning in 1965-66 upto 2005-06. The notable cricketers from Guyana, West Indies comprise of Clive Lloyd, Rohan Kanhai, Carl Hooper, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Colin Croft, Roy Fredericks, Basil Butcher, Lance Gibbs, Alvin Kallicharan and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
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