With money already at a minimum the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will find it even more difficult to run the game in the region, as funds continue to dry up.
The organization latest stream of revenue to run dry is the Champions League fees. Of course no fault of their own, the Champions League has been scrapped by the three ruling bodies, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA).
Under the arrangement from the three associations that ran the Champions League, each of the cricket boards that had representation at the tournament got US$500,000.
COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Barbados and Jamaica will contest the finals of the Regional Women’s Super50 tournament at the National Cricket Centre here in Couva Trinidad on Sunday.
The teams qualified for the final show down on the basis of points earned in the fifth and final round of the competition on Friday.
Barbados, the front runners heading into the final round, played to a tie with Trinidad and Tobago on the Duckworth Lewis method at the National Cricket Centre in Couva.
The Bajans shared points with the home side to top the table with 18, two more than Jamaica who gained their full quota to secure second position on the table, after demolishing Guyana by 86 runs also on the Duckworth Lewis method.
West Indies Test captain Denesh Ramdin said it was good to be respected and included in a West Indies team management meeting in Barbados this week.
The wicketkeeper/batsman was summoned to Barbados to meet with president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron, coach Phil Simmons, cricket operations manager Richard Pybus, chairman of selectors Clive Lloyd, manager Richie Richardson and limited overs captain Jason Holder, on Wednesday.
Ramdin said the meeting went well. “Basically we reviewed the last two tours at home. The guys all made their contributions and it was good to be included because I was able to make an input in the plans going forward. “As West Indies captain when you are invited to a meeting like this, is shows respect and I appreciated being there and making my contribution.”
A ruling by the Supreme Court in India aimed at shaking-up the administration of cricket there should give fresh momentum to moves for radical changes to the operations of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Charles Wilkin, former chairman of the governance committee for West Indies Cricket has said.
The Supreme Court has suspended two franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for two years over a corruption scandal and had recommended changes to make the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) more transparent.
In an article circulated across the Caribbean, Wilkin has accused WICB administrators of deliberately refusing to introduce the changes needed in the region for personal reasons.
“The same changes are badly needed in this region. The WICB has itself recognized that, but does not like the consequences for its clique of administrators hence has backed away,” said Wilkins in his article.
