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PARAMARIBO, Suriname:
A special prime ministerial sub committee on cricket will sit with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and other relevant stakeholders in a bid to "mediate” in the bitter, ongoing dispute with the former Jamaica and West Indies captain Chris Gayle following strong representation from Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and other leaders.
The move came late this evening at the end of two days of talks involving 11 of the 15 Caribbean Community leaders in Suriname at which the issue was discussed at length.
The Jamaican prime minister who has been very vocal on the need for the two parties to settle the issue, has received significant support from other leaders including Trinidad and Tobago's.
Trade bloc chairman and Suriname President Desi Bouterse told the closing press briefing that the committee has been mandated to review the state of play of the region’s leading sport especially as it relates to the issue of governance.
Bouterse also said leaders regarded as “very disrespectful”, public statements from the WICB that Simpson Miller was misinformed and ill-advised when she spoke on the Gayle impasse.
The leaders said, a set of recommendations in a recent report by former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson should be re-examined and implemented, particularly those relating to governance.
Gayle, widely considered as the leading regional batsman, has not played for the senior team for more than a year.
Meanwhile, Bouterse said the prime ministerial committee will also look at the Guyana cricket crisis where the government has moved to disband the board and accuse some executives of corruption, leading to mass resignations this week.
A special prime ministerial sub committee on cricket will sit with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and other relevant stakeholders in a bid to "mediate” in the bitter, ongoing dispute with the former Jamaica and West Indies captain Chris Gayle following strong representation from Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and other leaders.
The move came late this evening at the end of two days of talks involving 11 of the 15 Caribbean Community leaders in Suriname at which the issue was discussed at length.
The Jamaican prime minister who has been very vocal on the need for the two parties to settle the issue, has received significant support from other leaders including Trinidad and Tobago's.
Trade bloc chairman and Suriname President Desi Bouterse told the closing press briefing that the committee has been mandated to review the state of play of the region’s leading sport especially as it relates to the issue of governance.
Bouterse also said leaders regarded as “very disrespectful”, public statements from the WICB that Simpson Miller was misinformed and ill-advised when she spoke on the Gayle impasse.
The leaders said, a set of recommendations in a recent report by former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson should be re-examined and implemented, particularly those relating to governance.
Gayle, widely considered as the leading regional batsman, has not played for the senior team for more than a year.
Meanwhile, Bouterse said the prime ministerial committee will also look at the Guyana cricket crisis where the government has moved to disband the board and accuse some executives of corruption, leading to mass resignations this week.
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