West Indies cricket needs Legends' clout

Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell passion for cricket long his passion for politics ahead.

A offspinner in Grenada team from 1964 to 1966, he was appointed to the Barbados campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) after graduating a Bachelor of Science Captain in 1973rd

West also through his time as prime minister two period from 1995 to 2008 and 2013 to the present, and as a leader of the opposition in the five years after his New National Party lost in elections to the National Democratic Congress, Mitchell intense interest in the assets of Cricket ~~ POS = TRUNC has rarely reduced. He is now as far as the Head of CARICOM of the (Caribbean Community) Subcommittee known for cricket.

Already in the West Indies' 3-0 thrashing in Pakistan in 1997-98, he urged heads of CARICOM governments to discuss the state of their cricket.

"I would not want to politicize the cricket at all, because I do not think should be in the field of politics, but it affects certainly West Indians in the truest sense of the word, and therefore as a leader I think we should examine it," he said ,

It has been since his mantra, more and more shrill, as the decline are escalating and the gist of the reports by the West Indies Cricket Board mandated review its management structure shelved were laid.

Meanwhile, Mitchell was completely frustrated by the failure WICB that Reformation its structure to accept, was long overdue. yet another review panel stuck in the appointment on the matter of finding an end to the impasse, he persuaded the board a year ago, the CARICOM Subcommittee on Cricket join.

It made no difference. The latest group chaired by Dr. Eudine Barriteau, rector of Barbados was Campus of UWI, including the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Caribbean Development Bank and Deryck Murray, West Indies vice-captain and wicketkeeper in the heyday of the 1960s and 1970s, hard in its judgment.

"It is now over to accept at the time that the current governance structures are outdated" found. The main recommendation was the immediate dissolution of the Board and the resignation of its members to the path for the installation of making "new governance framework".

There was a proposal from the WICB would not accept triggers a heated war of words between Mitchell and WICB President Dave Cameron.

Mitchell turned to his colleagues CARICOM heads for their ultimate approval of Barriteau proposal at its annual meeting in Belize. He said its approval was unanimous.

It was an unrealistic hope among different mini-states of cricketing Caribbean. The attempt of the political federation was shattered after four years due to the withdrawal of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The two countries are currently at odds over financial and immigration issues. There are usually some disagreement over fishing in the territorial waters of someone else.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, previously member of the Subcommittee on CARICOM Cricket had to change the first clock, stating that he was no longer dissolve the WICB. It was not clear what brought about his U-turn. was taking Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart that "West Indies Cricket run by any politician", a thinly veiled swipe at Mitchell.

Brownes solution to the problem of the game was simple standards, bordering the naive. "The bats, they have to run on production to focus, the bowlers have to concentrate on taking wickets, they need all the right to field, coaches need to focus on coaching and those who are involved concentrating on administration in the administration," he said the day observers. Other developments continue to weaken the call to completely reinvent itself for the WICB.

The BCCI announced it was resuming the bilateral relations, following the withdrawal of the team from the tour of India October 2014 West Indies suspended to send for four tests in July and August, a team in the Caribbean; it would fall of its application for US to the other abandoned matches $ 42 million compensation.

At the same time, Darren Sammy, the captain of the victorious World T20 team, time aware of the end-of-match presentation for his passionate censure of disrespect of WICB for the players, it contras with Mitchell support during the tournament.

Cameron responded with an apology "for the millions of fans who witnessed what could be considered inappropriate comments" by Sammy. They were repeated feelings almost verbatim by the ICC at its board meeting in Dubai in April. Neither seemed to understand the reason what Sammy hoped to achieve for the players.

Under such rare pressure, Mitchell found comfort in the unambiguous support for the Barriteau report from a group of seven celebrated West Indian player known as "legends". These included the largest Allrounder the game, Garry Sobers Barbados, Viv Richards of Antigua and Barbuda; Wes Hall, Andy Roberts, Deryck Murray, Charlie Griffith and Roger Harper ends the list of those Grenada by Mitchell calls, listen to their views on this subject. The former batsman Desmond Haynes was another who joined by telephone link.

They then declared their position. "The board off is an oligarchic structure that is accountable to no one holds but itself. It is one of the few sporting institutions, which are virtually unchanged remained in attitude and structure in the last 70 years or more. Inexplicably prefers the WICB the to maintain the status quo, and yet they expect to get different results while doing the same things going on. "

It was the first time the legends had their common views known on any topic. They simply had never consulted by the WICB.

They carry considerable influence. Under the circumstances, and how reluctant he may be sub-committee after so much work on the CARICOM, Mitchell must withdraw for such formidable figures cricketing which consider it uses symbols with the increasingly disillusioned public make.

The CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Georgetown in July is as good a place for Sobers start to emphasize Richards and the other concern for the West Indies Cricket future.