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GROS ISLET, St Lu­cia – Tour­na­ment di­rec­tor Jen­nifer Nero has hailed the or­ga­niz­ing com­mit­tee of the on­go­ing ICC Women’s Twen­ty20 World Cup in St. Lu­cia and Guyana, fol­low­ing the com­ple­tion of group stages in those two ter­ri­to­ries.

Nero, who is al­so a di­rec­tor of Crick­et West In­dies, said the tour­na­ment has at­tract­ed record num­bers of spec­ta­tors and the hard work done in the prepa­ra­tion stage had paid huge div­i­dends.

“We launched the amaz­ing ‘Watch This’ cam­paign back in June and it has caught the imag­i­na­tion of the crick­et world,” said Nero.

“We are de­light­ed with the num­ber of fans com­ing to the match­es and we want to ap­plaud every­one who came out – men, women and chil­dren. We had huge turn-outs in both venues – the Dar­ren Sam­my Crick­et Ground and the Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um – which pro­vid­ed an elec­tri­fy­ing at­mos­phere.”

Nero added: “We want to say a spe­cial ‘thank you’ to the gov­ern­ments and peo­ple of St Lu­cia and Guyana for their sup­port and help in putting on a won­der­ful show in the open­ing rounds.”

The tour­na­ment is a his­toric one as the first ICC stand-alone Twen­ty20 tour­na­ment. In the past, both the men’s and women’s events have been run along­side each oth­er.

Eight years ago, the Caribbean al­so host­ed the T20 World Cup, with much suc­cess.

“I must com­mend the of­fi­cials and staff who worked on this event – every­thing was well-or­ga­nized and went ac­cord­ing to plan. We have a cadre of com­pe­tent, skilled and high­ly-mo­ti­vat­ed pro­fes­sion­als who ex­e­cut­ed a seam­less op­er­a­tion,” Nero con­tin­ued.

Jennifer Nero
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Governor

Saint Kitts and Nevis Banking

St John's, Antigua– The West Indies Cricket Board has created history by appointing Mrs. Jennifer Nero as the first female to the Board of Directors. She is a non-voting director.