Latest update June 16th, 2026 12:40 AM
A hat-trick of ignominy
Dear Editor,
Guyana’s dubious distinction of finishing in the cellar of the senior regional competition for the third consecutive year has passed without the usual press conferences and press releases, for which the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and most of its executives have become famous or infamous for over the past two years or so.
This is a Board not shy of executives who are prepared to move mountains, retain lawyers, wash dirty linen in public and yet not a word on this crisis, not a word from:
(a) Mr. Chetram Singh, who has been president for nearly 20 years, and who has presided over the collapse of what was once a glorious cricket tradition.
He leaves the Board appreciably devalued from when he took over from Norman Mc Lean and amidst the confusion and infighting of his executives, apparently wants to escape judgement day.
(b) Claude Raphael – long standing chairman of senior selectors who from time to time regales us with his infinite wisdom, in particular about who should or who should not be president and other officers of the GCB. As old people say, “Donkey ears long but he don’t hear he own story”. First order of business we should have a new team of selectors.
(c) Bissoon Singh – vice president of the GCB and chairman of the cricket development committee of the Board. In the light of the poor performance of the team over the years, can Mr. Singh say what he and his committee have done for the past two years or so to change the fortune of our team and from a cricket development perspective, what were some of the basic strategies his committee implemented?
(d) Mr. Carl Moore – The manager for the past 10 years or so. Can he tell us if he is comfortable with the failure rate and if not, why didn’t he demit office with the hope that someone else may be able to assist in better managing the team?
(e) Mr. Mark Harper, whose impact seems to be no better than Mr. Seeram. In fairness to Mr. Harper, however, he has not been with the team for a very long time, but hearing him speak from time to time, he seems to have all the answers. Can he nevertheless share his opinion on the crisis, if he thinks there is one?
I think we need an Egyptian style revolution with the removal and non-election of the GCB executives, bar none.
D. Joseph
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