CARICOM meets with ICC

(Barbados Today) St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister and Chairman of the CARICOM sub-committee on cricket, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, is happy with the progress his organization is making with regard to restructuring Cricket West Indies (CWI).

CARICOM and the International Cricket Council (ICC) met officially to address the governance of West Indies cricket recently and, according to Gonsalves, cricket’s governing body is appreciative of the stance of his organization.

The two entities, one represented by Gonsalves, the other by CEO Dave Richardson, met in Dubai before the just-concluded ICC board meeting.

In April of last year, the ICC had turned down CARICOM’s request to meet, saying the CWI would have to be represented at such a meeting. An alternative of meeting during the Women’s World T20 last November also didn’t happen.

“I spoke to Dave Richardson (Head of Secretariat, ICC) and I outlined to him our position, that is to say that, cricket is a public good and it ought properly to be regulated and ought not to be operated by a private-sector entity,” said Gonsalves, that he also pointed out CARICOM’s proposal to change that situation.

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