A Salute To The Cricketing Sirs

Dave Cameron and Wavell Hinds, presidents of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA), respectively, deserve a rousing round of applause for remembering West Indies stars, players who served West Indies cricket brilliantly over the years.

Tomorrow night, at the annual awards function of the WICB and WIPA at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, the red carpet will be rolled out and among those who will have the privilege to walk on it will be not only the outstanding performers of the preceding years, but also Renford Pinnock, probably the best player, along with Ralston Otto, who never played for the West Indies.

The pair of Jamaicans, however, has done more than that.

As Pat Rousseau did in 1996 when, as president of the WICB, he invited every West Indies cricketer and their wives from wherever they were in the world to Jamaica to a beautiful gathering at the Pegasus hotel as a way of saying thanks to them for their contribution to West Indies cricket, Cameron and Hinds will be saying "thank you" to seven of the great ones.