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The World Cup of Cricket 2007 in Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Saint Kitts and Nevis is also called as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis and is located in the Leeward Islands area in the Caribbean. It is one of the smallest nations in the American continent considering the area and the population too. The capital city of this country is Saint Kitts and the State of Nevis, which is combined with Saint Kitts lies about 3 kms southeast of Nevis. The Islands are formed due to volcanic eruptions and hence most of the area under the forests and many peaks.
History
Christopher Columbus was the one who discovered and named the island of St. Kitts and Nevis in the year 1493. It was in the year 1623 when St. Kitts became turned to be the first English colony in the West Indies. Colonists settled themselves on the neighboring island of Nevis (Spanish, ‘snow’) in the year 1698. British ownership of the islands was confirmed by The Treaty of Paris (1783) and this flourished through the import of the slave labor from Africa on sugar plantations. The productive sugar industry helped Nevis to be known as ‘Queen of the Caribees’. St. Kitts and Nevis was joined by Britain in the year 1918 along with Anguilla and the Virgin Islands. Self-government was gained by the islands in the year 1967 and it was only on September 19th, 1983 when St. Kitts and Nevis became completely independent.
Facts
Area: 261 sq.km.
Population (2005 Est.): 39,958
Capital (Population): Basseterre (11,600)
Sports
Saint Kitts and Nevis has interests in many athletic sports like running and have participated in many sports in the Olympics held in the 1996 and 2004. There are various other sports that they are interested in and have participated. The officials that were in charge of the Olympics team were Alphonso Bridgewater who was the president and Glenville Jeffers as the secretary general for the 2004 summer Olympics.
Cricket
Saint Kitts and Nevis has a cricket team and has a common one that of Leeward Islands, which means that they do not have an individual team of its own. This team has many good prospects if there is a little extra effort. This team does not participate in any international competitions but plays in the inter-regional cups like the Carib Beer Cup or the KFC Cup. The common team has won 4 first class titles and six one day matches totaling to 10 titles in all. Their last title was in the year 1997-98. This team again participated under another team in first class cricket. The team would have made it’s name in the International cricket with more efforts.
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