Bold leadership needed to reshape cricket, says former CEO

CASTRIES, St Lucia – A former high level regional cricket administrator believes there is a lack of will in West Indies cricket to make the tough decisions that will result in a full transformation of the game.

Ernest Hilaire, who signed off as chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) two years ago, said the bold initiatives required to fix regional cricket were often thwarted by pressure from territorial boards, forcing administrators to return to the “old order.”

The St Lucian said as a result, insularity and “narrow nationalism”, continued to permeate West Indies cricket.

“I think in West Indies cricket we know what has to be done. What is needed is the will to make it happen and to stay the course,” Hilaire said in an interview with HTS Channel 4 here, in the wake of the sacking of Darren Sammy as Test captain.