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8 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
Wednesday 1st March 2017<br />
Tourism Minister delivers speech at<br />
Official Cricketers Welcome Cocktail<br />
Mr. Dave Cameron:<br />
President of The West Indies<br />
Cricket Board and<br />
members<br />
Mr. Alastair Cook: Captain<br />
of the England Cricket<br />
Team & players<br />
Mr. Jason Holder: Captain<br />
of the West Indies<br />
Cricket Team and players<br />
Distinguished Guests<br />
Ladies and Gentlemen<br />
A warm and wonderful<br />
good evening to you, and<br />
welcome to our beautiful<br />
twin-island nation, Antigua<br />
and Barbuda.<br />
I am delighted to be here<br />
this evening to welcome<br />
both the West Indies Cricket<br />
team and the England<br />
Cricket Team to Antigua<br />
and Barbuda. It is an absolute<br />
pleasure and honour<br />
to have both of these prestigious<br />
teams here, playing<br />
against each other in one of<br />
the most beautiful cricketing<br />
nations on earth.<br />
This English touring<br />
team is the first visit of the<br />
team to Antigua and Barbuda<br />
since 2014 – to play two<br />
ODIs.<br />
A special welcome is<br />
also extended to the Captain<br />
and members of our<br />
own West Indies Cricket<br />
team who are on home turf<br />
and can be assured of the<br />
support of the thousands of<br />
fans who are looking forward<br />
to a thrilling weekend<br />
of cricket.<br />
For the English team it<br />
is, of course, part of your<br />
build-up to the Champions<br />
Trophy later this year<br />
Minister of Tourism, the Hon., Asot Michael.<br />
in England and Wales for<br />
which we wish you the best<br />
of luck.<br />
I cannot truly express<br />
how excited we are to have<br />
you here. Not only because<br />
we have had a long, and<br />
storied relationship with<br />
the Brits – we love you, and<br />
Antigua and Barbuda has<br />
long been a popular destination<br />
for your country –<br />
We are a nation of cricket<br />
enthusiasts and so we welcome<br />
the “Barmy Army”<br />
that normally accompanies<br />
you and look forward to a<br />
weekend of cricket lovely<br />
cricket!<br />
Cricket has become part<br />
of our culture and is one of<br />
the major passions in life<br />
for most that live here. If<br />
we were not a religious nation,<br />
it would surely be our<br />
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