……..WICB president Julian Hunte
By Orin Davidson
Clive Lloyd has been in and out of the West Indies cricket team setting but remains vital to the development of West Indies Cricket, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte says.
In an exclusive interview, Hunte explained that the former team captain was personally recruited by him to play a meaningful role when he assumed the presidency.
“Clive Lloyd is a director and a very valuable asset to West Indies cricket, that is why when I took over as president, I asked him to become a non-elected director of the Board,” said Hunte, who presided over the recent United States of America Cricket Association elections.
Hunte also put to rest talk that the West Indies team’s most successful captain was fully in charge of the team, including the coaches that recently toured South Africa.
A well-publicized letter to Lloyd before the South Africa tour purporting to carry out a mandate by the WICB was misconstrued, Hunte added.
“I wrote to Clive as the manager of the team asking him to convey to the players the best wishes of the Board. I have written to the manager as well for this (Sri Lanka) tour, he said adding that, “The manager deals with the non cricketing aspects of it.”
The new president pointed out that Lloyd, who has served as manager, coach and advisor in the past, has a larger role to play in the Region’s cricket development.
