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PRESIDENT JAGDEO SHOULD MOVE SMARTLY

Aug 31, 2011 Sports

DEAR EDITOR,
I refer to two letters in relation to the government’s decision to dissolve the Guyana Cricket Board and to set up an IMC to run Guyana’s cricket. These letters are Frederick Kissoon’s (The only medium to stop this depravity is the West Indian Cricket Board) in the Kaieteur News of Sunday August 28th and Mr Claude Raphael’s (Government should be supported in its proposal re GCB) in the Stabroek News of August 28th.
Reference is also made to Mr. Sean Devers’ article in Kaieteur news of August 28th. These articles articulate different positions with Mr Claude Raphael supporting the IMC and both Mr Kissoon and Devers opposing it. I agree with all 3 individuals. I agree with Mr Kissoon that we must be guarded against government involvement in an organisation like the GCB, but Mr Raphael has a point in that Mr Ramsey Ally and his team were only supported by one cricket board, the Essequibo Cricket Board, which Mr Devers knows is the most incompetent and poorly run cricket board in the country.
The Berbice Cricket Board (the only sane cricket board in the country) is on record as boycotting the elections so Mr Ally has no mandate to govern cricket in this country.  He has neither legal authority nor moral authority.
However, I agree with Mr Kissoon that the government has to be careful and don’t politicise the IMC. The President should find an individual who is competent and experienced in cricket administration to head the IMC.   Such a person exists in Guyana and the President should move swiftly and appoint him to head the IMC.
The President should also debar all the feuding personalities from sitting on the IMC. In particular, Mr Bissoon Singh and Mr Sanasie should not be around Cricket Administration. Finally the President should invite Mr Hunte and Mr Hillaire to Guyana to explain to them that Mr Ally is a product of flawed elections and only has the support of nine out of twenty-seven members.
I am sure if the right person is appointed to head the IMC, Guyana can proudly host the matches that are scheduled for this country. However, the President must understand that there are certain elements in Guyana from the main cricket board who are working overtime to undermine his decision and to embarrass him. The only way His Excellency can out manoeuvre them is by appointing a professional team headed by a top gun.
Hari Persaud

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