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Singh withdraws as nominee to become WICB president
Bridgetown, July 14: Chetram Singh withdrew as the sole candidate to become the West Indies Cricket Board`s next president as ownership of a gambling business in Guyana would have disqualified him from sitting on the International Cricket Council.
Bridgetown, July 14: Chetram Singh withdrew as the
sole candidate to become the West Indies Cricket Board's
next president as ownership of a gambling business in Guyana
would have disqualified him from sitting on the International
Cricket Council.
The 53-year-old Singh, president of the Guyana Cricket
Board, announced his decision yesterday at the WICB'S annual
meeting in Roseau, Dominica.
"I believe that West Indies cricket needs continued unity
at this time and I would not wish to accept the post of
president without the broad-based support of the board and
the cricket-loving people of the Caribbean," he said.
The cricket board has opened nominations to its six- member boards, including Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Windward islands.
The WICB said it would call a special meeting to elect a replacement to the current president Rev. Wes hall, a former test player, selector and team manager, who resigned at the meeting in Dominica. Hall has cited unspecified health problems, which inhibit his ability to travel.
Cricket officials have not set a date for the special meeting.
Val Banks, the Anguillan banker who was re-elected vice president at the meeting over the only other candidate, will act as interim president.
Singh, 53, acknowledged that his ownership of a bookmaking business in Georgetown had caused concern over his ineligibility to represent the WICB at the International Cricket Council under its code of ethics.
Bureau Report.
The cricket board has opened nominations to its six- member boards, including Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago and Windward islands.
The WICB said it would call a special meeting to elect a replacement to the current president Rev. Wes hall, a former test player, selector and team manager, who resigned at the meeting in Dominica. Hall has cited unspecified health problems, which inhibit his ability to travel.
Cricket officials have not set a date for the special meeting.
Val Banks, the Anguillan banker who was re-elected vice president at the meeting over the only other candidate, will act as interim president.
Singh, 53, acknowledged that his ownership of a bookmaking business in Georgetown had caused concern over his ineligibility to represent the WICB at the International Cricket Council under its code of ethics.
Bureau Report.