Gov’t suggests WICB appoint agent to run Guyana cricket

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By Iva Wharton

In an attempt to reach an agreement with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), government has suggested that the Board appoint an agent to address cricket matters in Guyana since it continues to ignore the interim body which had been set up.

Minister of Sport Dr Frank Anthony government made this disclosure, in response to a query from Stabroek Sport on Guyana’s failure to name a team to contest the 2013 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament. The minister said government had informed the WICB on several occasions that an IMC had been established and that no functioning Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is in place.

“We have suggested to the WICB in the interim [that it should] appoint an agent in Guyana for the purpose of cricket administration and the