In March, the Cricket World Cup will be held in nine Caribbean locations. Preparations are underway in Kingston, Jamaica, and though the pitches are almost ready for the world's best bowlers and batsmen, much of the city itself is in shambles.
"The head of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 has distanced his organisation from the deplorable state of Kingston, just two months before the event, and suggested some government agencies are failing to live up to their end of the bargain."
Much of the city is torn up as unfinished infrastructure projects drag on beyond their estimated dates of completion.
"But while the city of Kingston continues to beg for attention, the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. ICC CWC WI 2007) the company charged with the responsibility for planning, managing and executing the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the Caribbean has said they expect all nine Caribbean territories to be in a state of readiness when they take charge from the nine local organising committees."
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