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Ganga:Ex-national captain ready for TTCB elections
sgtdjones
2019-01-11 10:42:19
Ganga: Too much self-serving cricket officials
Ex-national captain ready for TTCB elections
FORMER national cricketer and TT Cricket Board (TTCB) member Daren Ganga has declared he wants to bring change to the board, ahead of the January 16 elections. Ganga said he is advocating for transparency and accountability in the TTCB. While remaining vague on which role hell be going up for, he said the elections arent about positions but philosophies and policies.
Ganga said, I want to make it categorically clear, my focus and the focus of other people who support the philosophy weve put forward of a one club one vote (is for) democracy, transparency, good governance... that is what we focus on. We focus on making sure that developing cricket and cricketers (are) our highest priority.
With the Red Forces poor performances continuing in the four-day format and a recent audit by ex-sponsor NGC pointing to irregularities, Ganga said these were red flags to factor in the elections. Despite the courts ruling in favour of the TTCBs current governing set-up and overall legislation, Ganga said it wasnt a loss because awareness and scrutiny fell on the boards archaic mindset of operations.
He revealed Windies legend Brian Lara was also ready to aid the revival of TT cricket. There are guys who are willing to help. Brian Lara has spoken to me and indicated hes willing to assist [...]; why is the ultimate legend of the game not involved in our game, either at a regional level or a national level in some sort of sustainable manner? You cant continue to serve the game without engaging persons whove been there, whove done that, and persons who are most recent in the game -- understanding where the game is at at this point in that and making sure they can translate that to the young players. Ganga said.
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sgtdjones
2019-01-11 10:45:29
sgtdjones
2019-01-11 10:55:48
Audit into SporTT points at collusion
An extended investigation by accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has revealed alleged collusion between former Sportt Company Director Imran Jan and current T&T Cricket Board president Azim Bassarath.
The forensic investigation examined dozens of unauthorised recordings between Jan, Bassarath, the then TTCB Chief Executive Officer, Suruj Ragoonath, and president of the Monroe Road Sports Club, Manohar Ramsaran.
More than 3,000 recordings were found on Jans company issued phone after he was terminated from the SporTT Company in November 2017. Project Barcelona is part of a broader investigation into procurement and expenditure irregularities at the SporTT Company which saw the termination of several more employees in July 2018.
The first key finding regarding the suspicious voice recordings was that Jan appeared to have been attempting to influence the provision of SporTT funding to TTCB. However, the report indicated that former chairman of the SporTT Company, Dinanath Ramnarine was preventing the distribution of funding to TTCB.
PWCs report noted that Jan attempted to approve payments to the TTCB by signing approval documents on three (3) separate occasions for over quarter million dollarsa sum he did not have authority to approve. However, the payments never manufactured because it didnt get the required approval from the then chairman.
In October 2017, Jan was appointed assistant coach of the T&T Red Force team. Text messages between Jan and Bassarath appear to suggest it was a reward for his efforts to influence funding to the TTCB. PWCs report noted reference was made by Bassarath to moving Jan to the front of the line.
The news comes one week before the TTCBs elections, which are due to take place on January 16.
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Narper
2019-01-11 11:00:54
In reply to sgtdjones
Off topic question....did Ganga lose his job after the Petrotrin refinery closure...I noticed he is a full time commentator now.
BTW who will pay the half million $ to TTCB that the court awarded? Ganga and Dinas?
sgtdjones
2019-01-11 11:02:28
In reply to Narper
Yes .
He an his pal gats a consulting business fer players.
Check ya pm....
sgtdjones
2019-01-11 22:19:24
Narper
2019-01-14 12:02:02
After election...what?
A penchant for negative reporting and sensationalism has assumed the profile of an insidious campaign with the fourth estate being not unjustly accused of being embedded in the camp of the self-styled agitators pursuing the overthrow of the legally constituted cricket board.
Like Azim Bassarath, who at the time of writing this yesterday afternoon has no challenger for the position of president of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board, so many of us seem to believe an election, any election, is a watershed moment necessitating the rhetoric he invoked in a media release on Friday to confirm his candidacy for re-election.
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Narper
2019-01-14 12:02:50
In reply to sgtdjones
Commentator is a part-time job Narps.
IPL and CPL and others he can make good money
azadtnt
2019-01-14 18:13:17
In reply to sgtdjones
Im in full agreement with Gangas comments. Its time to break a failing status quo and revive the sport with good new faces and policies that would help develop the sport and players in T&T and the region. There are strong minded personnels/ex-players like Lara, Ganga, Bishop, Badree who have the knowledge, ability and experience to enhance the sport. I look forward to such a change.