Fans Urged To 'Answer The Call'

WEST INDIES cricket fans are urged to come out and "Answer The Call" during the upcoming Cable & Wireless 2001 Series, the theme for this yearâs annual international series featuring the West Indies and South Africa.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and series sponsors, Cable & Wireless, are encouraging supporters to live up to this yearâs slogan and are aiming to make the series - comprised of five Tests and seven One-Day Internationals - as fan-friendly as possible.

Caribbean residents who want to avoid the rush and long queues can again purchase tickets for any game in this Cable & Wireless series via a toll free (within the region) telephone line - 1 800 744 GAME (4263) - between 9:00a.m. and 2:00p.m. Persons outside the Caribbean can call (268) 481-2490.

Additionally, all regional ticket offices were opened as of Monday, February 5, 2001.

Once again, discounted weekday tickets are being offered with an additional feature this year of a childrenâs price where any child under age 16 will pay half-price at any venue for the Test series only.

Among other attractive incentives will be the popular "Bowling For Dollars" competition, completing a hat-trick of appearances this season. The final bowl-off, in which a cricket fan from each venue hosting a game in the Cable & Wireless series vies for US$1 million, takes place during the fifth Test in Jamaica.

Making its debut, will be an innovative Web Decoder game which gives cricket-goers the chance to win several prizes including, "Answer The Call" theme song CDs performed by Trinidadâs Sanelle Dempster and Jamaican Sean Paul, series T-shirts and caps and trips to Sandals resorts.

Persons attending the fourth Cable & Wireless Test in Antigua will have the opportunity to pay tribute to one of the great servants of West Indies cricket, Curtly Ambrose. This match will be entitled "A Dedication To Curtly" and the recently retired fast bowler will receive US$1 from every ticket sold for the game. A cheque will be presented to Ambrose during the tea break on the third day of that match.

Cable & Wireless is ensuring fans can keep abreast of the latest action and developments during the series via the Internet. Just log on to www.cwcricket.com and vote for Man-of-the-Series, get series schedules, player statistics, scores and much more information.