GCB sets up company to run the affairs of Guyana franchise

Players and other stakeholders pay rapt attention as GCB Secretary Anand Sanasie and GCB Marketing Manager Raj Singh update them of the developments concerning the upcoming Franchise-based season.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday unveiled a new company Cricket Guy Inc. (CGI) which will now undertake the task of advancing the development of the current and future generation of West Indies cricketers in the new franchise based system to be undertaken by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

The WICB has mandated its six territorial boards to form companies to run the new franchise which will soon be created.

The brief press conference, which was held at the Everest Cricket Club pavilion, was attended by cricketers, executives of the GCB, members of the respective county boards, coaches, managers and stakeholders among others who were keen on having a better understanding of the core principles of the new franchise system birthed by the WICB.

GCB Marketing Manager Raj Singh during his deliberation touched on various topics including player contracts;