Carew Withdraws From Selection Panel

Convenor of the West Indies selection panel Joey Carew has notified the President of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB), Deryck Murray, that he is withdrawing his nomination for the post of West Indies selector for the upcoming term.

The West Indies Selection Panel's two-year term ended June 30, 2006 and a new panel is to be installed at a West Indies Cricket Board meeting in Barbados on Thursday, 13th July, 2006.

The TTCB had nominated Carew for the next term, but he indicated that after careful consideration he has decided to withdraw.

Carew has been involved with West Indies Cricket for the past 25 years, having previously represented the West Indies as a player and served as a selector of both the Trinidad & Tobago and the West Indies teams.

He played 19 Test matches and was vice captain of the West Indies team at home in 1971-72. Carew has been West Indies selector during the period 1977-1979, 1985-1987 and 1998 to this year.

The nominees for the new panel include Andy Roberts, Clyde Butts, Gordon Greenidge, Derrick Parry and Lockhart Sebastian.