Cricket World Cup 2007, flung wide open.

The 2007 Cricket World Cup, the first to be held in the Caribbean, has officially been opened. Sir Garfield Sobers, arguably the best player ever to play in the cricketing field, declared the 16-team, 49-day, 51-match tournament open.

In the opening ceremony, Chris Dehring, the chief executive of the organising committee, said the Caribbean was the perfect place to host the event, which has cost in the region of 400 million dollars to stage.

The ninth quadrennial extravaganza and first in the Caribbean islands is the first ever to feature 16 international sides skirmishing for the foremost title.

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