Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Ricky Skerritt.
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Caribbean Life, February 7-13, 2020 51
By Nelson A. King
Cricket West Indies (CWI)
President Ricky Skerritt has
been appointed to the Marylebone
Cricket Club’s (MCC)
World Cricket Committee,
which meets twice a year to
discuss the most important
issues in the game and acts as
an independent voice in world
cricket.
CWI said Skerritt joins England’s
All-time leading run
scorer Alastair Cook as new
members after former West
Indies fast bowler and current
commentator Ian Bishop
and Bangladesh all-rounder
Shakib Al-Hasan stood down
from the committee.
“We have been keen for
some time to appoint a new
representative from the West
Indies, and I am delighted
that Ricky will be joining us,”
said Mike Gatting, current
MCC president and former
England captain.
“His knowledge of the game
from a West Indian perspective
will be invaluable, and his
work outside of the sport will
also be advantageous to the
committee,” he added.
Skerritt said that “serving
world cricket on such an
important MCC committee,
among such legendary former
cricketers, is both a privilege
and an honor.
“I will do all I can to ensure
that my West Indies-based
perspective will always add
value to the work of the MCC,”
he added.
CWI said Skerritt also
serves world cricket as a
member of the Board of the
International Cricket Council
(ICC), where he was recently
appointed to the special
Working Group on Governance,
set out to consider the
future governance structure
of the ICC.
The MCC noted that Skerritt
became president of
Cricket West Indies in March
2019, succeeding Dave Cameron.
who had held the post
for six years.
Skerritt is a former Minister
of Tourism, International
Transport, International
Trade, Industry, Commerce
and Sport for his native St.
Kitts and Nevis, having held
several portfolios in the country’s
ministry between 2004
and 2014.
His previous involvement
with Cricket West Indies was
as their first Senior Team
Manager, prior to his political
career.
The MCC said its next World
Cricket committee meeting is
due to take place in Sri Lanka
in March, timed to coincide
with England’s two ICC World
Test Championship matches,
as well as the MCC County
Champion Match, which will
take place between March 24
and 27 at the Galle International
Stadium.
Having met in Bengaluru
in March and at Lord’s in
August of 2019, the MCC said
its World Cricket committee
has unanimously backed the
inclusion of women’s cricket
at the Commonwealth Games
in Birmingham in 2022, supported
a positive future for
Test cricket after reviewing
the results of the MCC
survey on the subject, and
“closely monitored the balance
between bat and ball in
recent months.”
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