Caribbean colour scheme

At first glance this looks like a colour scheme associated more to an English seaside resort.

This is actually one of the new stadiums which will be used in the Caribbean World Cup (click here to see more photos of the stadium). Anyone know which ground/island this is meant to be?

On the World Cup, the West Indies cricket blog has highlighted another problem which the World Cup authorities are going to have to deal with: unauthorised merchandise will no doubt be available throughout the Islands during the tournament.

The World Cup song, however, which Nutley posted a few weeks ago, is one item that is official, although it remains to be seen if organisers chose an authorised producer for the track.

Where's the Marley music?

The 1999 World Cup fireworks were something of a damp squib, but I'm sure the Caribbean authorities are busy preparing what should be a markedly better opening ceremony next March.

Its hard-worked, authoritative media department hasn't been short on its press releases either this year. With the tournament just months away now, one such email popped into my inbox at the weekend, highlighting the island launch of the official Cricket World Cup song "The Game of Love and Unity".

I was half-expecting a decent track too: a touch of the Bob Marley and Pete Tosh vibe, happy steel drum tones and a general Caribbean beat. That was before I remembered it was a tournament song. Judge for yourself by listening to it here. And you can try and keep up with the lyrics here. Thoughts? This won't even make the Easter sale rack in my local Dub records store back home.