ECB President Sheik Ahmad says T20 competition will go on

Sheik Ahmad

President of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) Sheik Ahmad has stated unequivocally that the Tony Elite Styles Floodlight two-day Twenty20 tournament scheduled to bowl off today will go ahead despite suggestions that the tournament has not been authorized.

A letter sent to the media yesterday by Cricket Operations Officer of the now disbanded Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Robin Singh had this to say: “Please be advised that this tournament has not been organized within the framework for approved cricket in accordance with the regulations on approved and disapproved cricket and domestic cricket events of the ICC which came into effect on June 1st, 2009.

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