CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO BRIAN LARA, CAPTAIN, WEST INDIES CRICKET TEAM, FROM H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON THE TEAM’S VICTORY IN THE ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY TOURNAMENT, 25 SEPTEMBER 2004, IN ENGLAND
27 September 2004
Mr. Brian Lara
Captain
West Indies Cricket Team
c/o West Indies Cricket Board
Bridgetown
BARBADOS
Dear Mr. Lara
The performance of the Team last Saturday in the final of the ICC one-day tournament Champions Trophy must go on record as one of the greatest catalysts for West Indian unity and pride ever.
The jubilation of the team and spectators at the decisive "boundary" reverberated throughout the CARICOM Member States and the Diaspora to whom Cricket remains their national game and a cultural passion.