PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Local cricket officials Rangy Nanan and Bruce Aanensen have expressed surprise that Julian Hunte was returned unopposed as president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
Aanensen, an ex-chief executive of the WICB, and former Test player Nanan, believe – given the sorry state of West Indies – Hunte and vice-president Dave Cameron should have been challenged for the positions.
“There are so many problems in West Indies cricket at the moment, I just cannot understand how Hunte is back as president and Dave Cameron back as vice-president,” Nanan said.
“One would have thought that those two guys would have been held responsible for the current state of West Indies cricket and others would have been given a chance,” added Nanan, who played one Test match for West Indies — against Pakistan in 1980 — and has been a local cricket administrator since his retirement.
Aanensen, who was CEO of the WICB briefly in 2007, said he is puzzled by the pair being returned unopposed.
“I am totally amazed by the fact that those two guys are returning at the top. They have not dealt with the problems of West Indies cricket effectively,” Aanensen said.
Proclaiming a position similar to that of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) that boycotted this week’s annual general meeting of the WICB, Aanensen expressed disappointment that the regional board has turned its back on the PJ Patterson Report’s proposal to reconstruct the framework of governing West Indies cricket.
“The number one problem in West Indies cricket is the structure of the board and from my understanding the board is moving on like business as usual.
The Patterson report called for three directors to direct the movements at the WICB Secretariat and not the 18 that presently do it,” Aanensen said.
“The board met and decided this is not the way to go and they are continuing with the present set-up. After all this, they now come and return these guys unopposed, it is really hard to understand,” Aanensen said.
