More bad news for WICB
The Legends described the WICB as "an oligarchic structure that considers itself answerable to no one but itself"
The divisions within West Indies cricket that have transformed the once dominant force in the world game into one of the weakest are ever widening. The latest gaping fissure has come in the form of the pitting of the WICB against the Legends, an imposing group of eminent players from the years of unparalleled supremacy.
The eight, Garry Sobers, Vivian Richards, Wes Hall, Andy Roberts, Deryck Murray, Desmond Haynes, Charlie Griffith and Roger Harper, met in Grenada on the invitation of prime minister Keith Mitchell, head of the CARICOM committee on cricket, to discuss last year's review of the WICB's governance and structure. Dinanath Ramnarine, former president of the West Indies Players Association and Darren Sammy, captain of the victorious men's World T20 team, were there as observers. The Legends stated their unanimous support for the main recommendation of the latest review committee of six, jointly appointed by CARICOM and the WICB, that the board should be dissolved and immediately replaced by a completely reformed body. They described the WICB as "an oligarchic structure that considers itself answerable to no one but itself".