debut: 8/9/14
17,675 runs
Speaking via a virtual call at the Caricom Regional Cricket Conference at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain, an emotional Michael Holding called on Caribbean heads of government to “pressure” the CWI board into restructuring its governance model, hitting out at the “madness” plaguing the game in the region.
In a contribution that brought the former Jamaican fast-bowling great to tears, Holding said, “We are just moving from one administration to another under the same system. The same lack of transparency ... What we are doing in the Caribbean is madness! We need to clean up our act.”
It was then the 1979 World Cup winner called on regional heads to get involved and force the CWI to change the way it governs the game.
Holding told the audience, “We have got to bring pressure to bear. If Dr Shallow (current CWI president) cannot do it and other presidents have tried and they can’t do it, we have got to bring outside pressure and the prime ministers of this region have got to understand that they can use their pressure.”
Holding revealed he had access to a recent CWI audit report and it disturbed him.
In a contribution that brought the former Jamaican fast-bowling great to tears, Holding said, “We are just moving from one administration to another under the same system. The same lack of transparency ... What we are doing in the Caribbean is madness! We need to clean up our act.”
It was then the 1979 World Cup winner called on regional heads to get involved and force the CWI to change the way it governs the game.
Holding told the audience, “We have got to bring pressure to bear. If Dr Shallow (current CWI president) cannot do it and other presidents have tried and they can’t do it, we have got to bring outside pressure and the prime ministers of this region have got to understand that they can use their pressure.”
Holding revealed he had access to a recent CWI audit report and it disturbed him.
Read it here: MIKEY SPEAKS
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