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Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) will see bet­ter days soon when it comes to their fi­nances says di­rec­tor Az­im Bas­sarath.

The pres­i­dent of the T&T Crick­et Board (TTCB) not­ed that the board is not in the best of health fi­nan­cial­ly at the mo­ment but the right guys are there look­ing to take the re­gion­al or­gan­i­sa­tion in­to the black.

"We have had to spend a lot of mon­ey host­ing un­prof­itable tours in the re­gion ful­fill­ing our In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil (ICC) oblig­a­tions. This has put us un­der the weath­er a bit. Windies host­ed Sri Lan­ka and Bangladesh in 2018 and this af­fect­ed the prof­it line bad­ly, so much so that the board need­ed to find ways to make their month­ly com­mit­ments," said Bas­sarath.

Eng­land then came to the re­gion this year and the tour was prof­itable help­ing the debt sit­u­a­tion tremen­dous­ly.

Bas­sarath said: "We earned some much-need­ed rev­enue for the Eng­land tour and this has helped a lot. We are ex­pect­ed to at least get back to even keel at the end of the In­di­an tour which takes place in Au­gust in the Caribbean."

says the guy who won't show anyone the TT financial report!