Come to My Caribbean ... It Will Hit You for Six ; Sir Vivian Richards Promises the Cricket World Cup in His Native Antigua Is'going to Be Some Party, Man!'

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AS I watch the new Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium taking shape at Antigua's North Sound, I have to pinch myself. When I was a boy growing up on that island, I rarely thought beyond the next game of cricket.

I hoped one day to represent Antigua and Barbuda, and at the very most I dreamt of playing for the West Indies. But all that I have achieved in my career was beyond my wildest dreams.

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Come to My Caribbean ... It Will Hit You for Six ; Sir Vivian Richards Promises the Cricket World Cup in His Native Antigua Is'going to Be Some Party, Man!'

And to have a cricket stadium named in my honour, built to stage matches in the key Super Eight round of the 2007 Cricket World Cup? No, I never thought this could ever happen.

When I played for the West Indies in the final of the first Cricket World Cup in 1975 (we beat Australia at Lord's) the idea that the Caribbean might one day host the World Cup seemed a very remote possibility. But I did entertain the hope. By winning, we had shown that if you get your act together, anything is possible.

Until just a few years ...

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