da betcris： WES Hall is heavily tipped to be elected unopposed as the newpresident of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)
da marjack bet： 22-Jun-2001WES Hall is heavily tipped to be elected unopposed as the newpresident of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Nominations for theWICB’s two top vacant posts closed yesterday and sources toldWEEKENDSPORT that the former West Indies fast bowler, manager andchief selector was the only nominee for president.There were also reports that Guyana Cricket Board president ChetramSingh might present himself as a candidate.It was understood, however, that the long-standing WICB member mighthave been persuaded not to challenge for the presidency.The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), which officially announcedyesterday it was nominating Hall for the top spot, also said it wouldbe seconding the nomination of Leeward Islands Cricket Associationpresident Val Banks as vice-president.Hall, Cabinet minister between 1986 and 1994 and now an ordainedChristian minister, is also significantly receiving the backing of theTrinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control, which has seconded hisnomination.It almost certainly means Willie Rodriguez, a former West Indies legspinner and current president of Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Cricket Club,will not be a candidate.A couple days after the WICB’s top spots became vacant following thedramatic resignations of president Pat Rousseau and vice-presidentClarvis Joseph, Rodriguez expressed an interest in succeedingRousseau.Rousseau and Joseph resigned with effect from June 4 after fellowdirectors overturned their decision to sack manager Ricky Skerritt.The following day the WICB appointed a five-man interim managementcommittee to make decisions until a new president and vice-presidentwere elected on July 21.In endorsing Hall, BCA president Stephen Alleyne said thedistinguished personality had been adequately prepared for the job.We are proud to be associated with such an outstanding Barbadian andWest Indian cricketer and personality, he said in a BCA releaseyesterday.We are confident that, should he be successful, he would giveoutstanding service to the board and indeed to the Caribbean, bringingto bear all his experience and skills to the task at hand.
