ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago’s cricket chief Azim Bassarath says new West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron brings a wealth of experience to the job, having served for a decade under outgoing president Dr. Julian Hunte.
Bassarath has expressed confidence that Cameron will use qualities that propelled him to the top position to restore transparency and accountability to the game’s administration.
Cameron served for ten years under Hunte whom he defeated 7-5 in last Wednesday’s election in Barbados.
“He is well- positioned to bring about the changes we feel are necessary to continue the upward trend in regional cricket,” said Bassarath, the president of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB).
“We feel he is best prepared for this challenge as well as that of uniting West Indies cricket and charting a path for the success of the regional team”.
Cameron narrowly defeated Hunte 7-5 while his running mate Emmanuel Nanthan, head of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of control beat ex-West Indies fast bowler Joel Garner 8-4 for the vice-presidency.
Bassarath expressed confidence that Cameron and Nanthan will make good on their pre-election promise to improve the board’s financial viability and increase the involvement of the region’s corporate sector in the regional game.
“We will also press to have the items on the manifesto realized including improving and building the region’s immense talent, increasing the revenues in the sport and uniting the region through cricket,” he said.
Cameron, 42, and Nanthan, 45, are two of the youngest ever leaders elected to head West Indies cricket and ending the 73-year-old Hunte’s bid for a fourth successive two-year term.
