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Ken Chee Hing
HOURS after posting pictures of himself with golf buddy retired cricket legend Viv Richards, the prime minister took to social media on Sunday to call for visionaries and competent management for West Indies cricket following the regional side’s humiliating exit in the stages preliminary qualifiers of the recently concluded T20 World Cup.
Dr Rowley – cleared of Covid19 on Friday after his third infection – said that now that the T20 World Cup is over and West Indies’ embarrassingly embarrassing cricket performance has been exposed in all its nakedness, there is an urgent need for deep reflection.
“What is it about us that after demonstrating our superior playing skills in these colonial and post-colonial islands, we cannot now find within our own populations, the business, coaching and management skills to stop the decline of an activity we dominated the world for a record breaking nearly two decades,” Rowley asked in a post on his Facebook page.
He called for an end to “franchising our heritage and future,” adding, “We need visionary and competent management both on and off the field!”
The Prime Minister, who until Friday was in isolation from Covid19 and answered Prime Minister’s Questions and Answers in Parliament virtually that day, said there was a need to seek demands within and embrace and allow former WI world-beaters to play an extremely significant role. across all borders within the region.
First, and once and for all, he said, we must decide and answer the question “Who owns West Indies cricket?
“It cannot and should not happen that this priceless heritage of an entire people is simply available to provide opportunities and a good salary to a few in management and a few traveling six-stroke players who may be well personally, even though the game is withering and dying. regional”.
The Prime Minister declared: “Enough is enough! If Namibia, Holland, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Afghanistan can do it, then Cricket West Indies has a lot to answer for.”
