Sarwan Slams Guyana Cricket Administrators

Ramnaresh Sarwan is not at all happy with the state of cricket administration in Guyana.

The West Indies vice-captain went public with his criticism of the Guyana Cricket Board, arguing that the board's priorities are misplaced. "Sadly I have to say that I do not think that 'cricket' is the priority in Guyana, unfortunately it seems as though people have other things as their priority. I think the administrators of Guyana's cricket need to get things right and put 'cricket' back as the priority," Sarwan declared in a diary entry.

He is the second senior player in the region to call attention to the lack of support from administrators. Just last week, Jamaican opener Chris Gayle accused his local board of mistreating cricketers. "Players feel as though they have been pressured by management and maybe they need to look at making the players more comfortable," Gayle said.

In Sarwan's mind, the "little things" point to a level of disorganisation in Guyana's cricket. "After playing for Guyana for so many years it is the worst I saw us play as a team but that doesn't come because the players lacked commitment. It comes from them being insecure in the team and feeling too much pressure and being uncomfortable."

"It was a great group of guys and I enjoyed their company in the few games I played but I would like them to get help from the administrators of Guyana's cricket. One of the priorities would be for there to be more preparatory camps leading into regional tournaments," the right-hander said.

"After winning the 20/20 Tournament one would have thought that we would have been the best equipped and prepared team in the Caribbean but unfortunately it was not so," he added.