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Julian Hunte and Whycliffe Cameron of Jamaica will contest the WICB presidential elections after former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd
failed in his nomination bid. To secure a nomination, a candidate needs
the backing of two full members (regional boards) and Lloyd only had
the approval his native Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) before the deadline
for filing the application expired on February 22. The elections will be
held as part of the WICB AGM, on March 27 in Barbados.
The presidential race is now a two-way fight between Hunte, who
currently heads the WICB, and Cameron, who is vice-president. According
to the amended rules of the WICB, none of the directors, who are part of
the executive board, have voting powers from this year. That was one of
the recommendations of the Wilkins Committee report, which was ratified
by the board at its last meeting. Each of the six regional boards
(Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago,
Windward Islands) have selected two representatives who are allowed to
vote, with the new president to be elected via a secret ballot.
The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president, Joel Garner, who was
an integral part of the dominating West Indies team of the 1970s and
'80s that Lloyd led, has put his hat into the ring for the
vice-president's role. Garner, who is one of the WICB directors, will
face-off against Dominican Emmanuel Nanthan, president of the Windward
Islands Cricket Association.
This was Lloyd's second failed attempt to get a nomination. In the past
he was not allowed to enter the presidential race on the grounds that he
did not satisfy the required residential conditions, as he was staying
outside of the Caribbean at the time. This time Lloyd had fulfilled that
obligation, having moved back to Guyana after been appointed by the
government as chairman of the interim management committee formed in the
aftermath of the disputed GCB elections in 2011.
Despite Lloyd calling the controversial GCB elections held on January 27 this year "illegal",
a special executive board meeting held last Thursday nominated him as
its delegate for the WICB presidential elections. But Lloyd needed the
one of the other five regional boards to second his nomination.
In his attempt to garner more support Lloyd had even sent his manifesto
to the T&T and Barbados cricket boards. Titled 'Clive Lloyd's
manifesto - WICB presidency', the three-page document stressed that West
Indies cricket desperately needed a "second growth curve"and argued he
had the right expertise and international experience as a former
professional cricketer and ICC administrator to lead the board.
"My vision for West Indies cricket is to take our cricket out of the
doldrums and to put us back at the top. To use my expertise, knowledge
of and passion for the game, my credibility, integrity and international
professional standing and every moral fibre within to reverse the
fortunes of our WI cricket," Lloyd wrote.
He signed off the document by quoting Winston Churchill, the former
British prime minister: "'To each there comes in their lifetime a
special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and
offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted
to their talents.' Today I believe I have been 'figuratively tapped'
and offered an opportunity to do a very special thing. Cricket is one of
the great unifying forces in West Indian history and culture and I
would like to offer my services to people of the West Indies as the next
president of WICB."
However, the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board sidestepped the issue by
deciding to act as a neutral observer instead of supporting any
candidate, while the BCA's stance remained unclear.
Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo
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