Murray on CWI: Change everyone now

Cricket West Indies president Dr. Kishore Shallow is under attack again.

Following former CWI president Dave Cameron, former director Billy Heaven, and former prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, a West Indies cricket legend has added his voice for Shallow to step down as president. But former wicketkeeper and vice-captain Deryck Murray has gone further than the others and called for Shallow and the entire board of directors to step down.

Speaking on the Mason and Guest radio program on Tuesday, the 82-year-old Murray contended that Shallow, who was recently appointed as Minister of Tourism and Maritime Affairs in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, could not hold both positions. “To have the president of Cricket West Indies and a functioning minister of government, especially one who has two portfolios, he cannot do that job.

“So therefore, you need to appeal to him that in leaving, he must work with the president of the CARICOM Sub-Committee and take the Board with him,” Murray said. “The personnel of the Board at the moment has to remove itself peacefully and amicably and allow a change to take place.” He proposed, “We need to agree on an interim committee. Disband the CWI as it currently exists and functions and have...five or six people who are going to work with those three reports (Patterson, Barriteau, and Wehby reports)...that called for governance reform... Those five people on this interim board will run West Indies cricket for the next two years maximum, and they need to put in place by 2028 a new structure.”