Holding refutes statements by WICB boss

Wed, May 27, '15

Former West Indies fast bowler, turned cricket commentator Michael Holding has refuted statements by President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Whycliffe 'Dave' Cameron that he has turned down requests to do television commentary.

During a WICB town-hall meeting on Friday at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Cameron insisted that the WICB had not banned Holding or veteran broadcaster Tony Cozier from doing television commentary.

Instead, he revealed that Cozier's failing eyesight had been the main reason for his absence, while Holding's commitments to UK company, SKY, had led to him turning down offers by the WICB.

"The issue we have with Mr Holding is that our season runs counter to the season in the UK and whenever we ask him to do commentary he is always working with SKY back in the UK, so as far as they are concerned there are no issues," Cameron had stated.

However, in a reply on Barbados TODAY's website after reading the story which was published on Saturday, Holding said he had never told the WICB he was unavailable to do television commentary.