Shawn Seabrookes
Reporter-SKNVibes.com
(Basseterre; St. Kitts): St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr. The Hon. Denzil Douglas, following Australia's vixtory over South Africa, gave honorary citizenship of his country to Australian Matthew Hayden and South African Herschelle Gibbs, after both batsmen established records at the new Warner Park facility.
Hayden scored the fastest Cricket World Cup century, off just 66 balls, in the final Group A match, against rivals South Africa, while Gibbs, knocked an unprecedented six sixes in an over against the Netherlands.
The Prime Minister will placing honorary citizenship on the two cricketers, sad both had effectively placed the new Warner Park, and by extension St. Kitts and Nevis, on the map with their excellent performances on the pitch.
He noted that Kittitians and Nevisians were thoroughly entertained by their knocks, hence the decision to make them honorary citizens.
The Warner Park grounds received numerous commendations, for it's excellent batting pitch and facilities throughout the six matches.
The South African captain, Graeme Smith subsequently capped off the accolades when he indicated that the shortness of the boundaries did not hamper his teams chase in the match against Australia, because it is an excellent batting surface and both teams have to bat on it.
He noted that the grounds will produce good scores, over the three hundred mark, and that is great considering the fact that patrons come to see lots of runs being made.
Another record, the most sixes in an innings, was made by South Africa against the Netherlands but it was shortly after tied by India, in their match against Bermuda.
