WICB solvent, says Cameron

Dave Cameron is by no means totally satisfied. But you can tell from his general demeanour that he's growing more confident about the financial fortunes of West Indies cricket.

Based on Cameron's mien, and against the background of the US$42-million squabble between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it was inevitable that the Jamaica Observer would pose the question: Is the WICB solvent?

"Absolutely," Cameron, the WICB president, answered without hesitation.

"The West Indies Cricket Board this year will turn a surplus, and I use the word very carefully, because it's not profit, it's a surplus in excess of US$2 million," Cameron told last Thursday's sitting of the Jamaica Observer Press Club.

"We currently have a deficit of about US$5 million, but our business model says that we will be able to continue to be in business and be able to wipe out that deficit within three years," he added.