There will be changes to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic flows necessitated by the Cricket World Cup 2007 matches at Sabina Park in Kingston. Jamaica Post customers are advised that in order to access the postal service headquarters - Central Sorting Office (CSO) - which is close to Sabina Park, vehicles will be required to use Upper Elletson Road and then turn on to Norman Road. This arises from the closure of South Camp Road for the duration of cricket matches.
SABINA MATCH DAYS
Alterations to the normal routine will occur on days for which matches are scheduled at Sabina Park. The dates are listed below:
Tuesday, March 13 (Group match)
Thursday, March 15 (Group match)
Saturday, March 17 (Group match)
Monday, March 19 (Group match)
Wednesday, March 21 (Group match)
Saturday, March 23 (Group match)
Tuesday, April 24 (Semi-final)
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
Note that persons who wish to walk along South Camp Road may proceed only as far as:
(a) Glenmuir Road, located to the south of Sabina Park;
(b) Rosemount Avenue, located to the north of Sabina Park, as ONLY persons with the colour-coded arm bands (Sabina Park match ticket holders) will be allowed to proceed further along South Camp Road.
If you wish to walk from one end of South Camp Road to the other, you will have to detour either into Allman Town, or on to Upper Elletson Road.
CWC stamps out
With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 starting on March 11 across the West Indies, stamps celebrating this event have been launched in each host nation. Sales of Jamaica's own Cricket World Cup 2007 postage stamps began on Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
These stamps feature two of Jamaica's well-known cricketers: Ambassador Courtney Walsh and Collie Smith, as well as the newly built Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium and Kingston's world-famous venue, Sabina Park. Additionally, there is a sheetlet with flags from all participating West Indian nations.
Collie Smith
O'Neill Gordon Smith, affectionately known as 'Collie' Smith or more often 'Mighty Mouse', is featured on one of the $30 stamps. Smith's interest in cricket began at age seven. He advanced rapidly, gaining a place on the team at St. Alban's Primary School, Jamaica, and was appointed captain of this team within three years.
Collie continued playing cricket at Kingston College and then Boys' Town, and in 1955 made his first appearance for Jamaica playing against the visiting Australians. His performance earned him a place in the opening Test match where he scored 104 runs in the second innings. He joined the elite list of men who made a century on Test debut. Collie took part in 26 Tests between 1955 and 1959, scoring 1,331 runs, including four centuries.
He died tragically in a motor vehicle accident while in England in September 1959 at the age of 26. He was buried at the May Pen Cemetery.
Courtney Walsh
A phenomenon, Courtney Walsh probably bowled faster for longer than any man in cricket history. His spirit was as unbreakable as his body, urging him on to a world record of 519 Test wickets and 30,019 balls bowled. Courtney Andrew Walsh is featured on the $30 and $50 stamps. He also bowled countless overs for Gloucestershire and Jamaica.
For the first half of his career, Walsh was 'the willing workhorse'. He grew stronger and wilier with age, graduating to the new ball around 1993 and forming one of the greatest bowling partnerships with Curtly Ambrose. Walsh's action was neither elegant nor orthodox, but it was hugely economical, catapulting the ball down from 10 feet high with a simple snap of the hip. Walsh retired from international cricket in April 2001 and was thereafter appointed an ambassador for Jamaica.
Sabina Park
Sabina Park, featured on the $40 stamp, became a Test cricket ground in 1930 when it hosted the visiting MCC team for the second Test in the West Indies' first home series.
This picturesque ground is perhaps one of the most significant in Test cricket history, recording the first triple century in the game with England's Andy Sandham's 325 versus the West Indies in the 1930 game.
The 365 not out by Sir Garfield Sobers which stood as a Test record for over 36 years is more regaled, as was Lawrence Rowe's world record on debut of 214 and 100 not out against the visiting New Zealanders in 1972. Sabina is located in the part of Kingston with the driest microclimate, and for many years the pitch was one of the hardest and fastest in the Caribbean.
Trelawny Stadium
The new state-of-the-art Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium is featured on the $60 stamp. The facility, with targeted seating capacity for 10,000 spectators, serves as the venue for four warm-up matches and an opening ceremony for ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 on March 11. Its decor includes the Jamaican flag spanning seating areas.
