Gov’t, WICB agree on roles for GCB, IMC

Dr. Julian Hunte

Representatives of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Guyana government, yesterday reached a consensus concerning the roles to be played by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in the administration of cricket locally.

The agreement came following a high-powered meeting between officials of the two sides at the Caricom Secretariat, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara yesterday.

Yesterday’s meeting, which was mediated by Caricom Secretary-General Irwin La Rocque, was held to hammer out an agreement on the way forward after the Guyana government acting on a receommendation from Chief Justice Ian Chang, dissolved the GCB and replaced with the IMC.

It was a move that did not find favour with the WICB who wrote the Guyana government indicating that they