West Indies cricket in Dire Straits comments Board Chief

Ricky Skerritt Comments

Ricky Skerritt, the chief of Cricket West Indies has commented that “cricket in the Caribbean is currently in the intensive care unit and that the situation is expected to get worse if the sport does not resume soon”.

West Indies Dire Straits

The West Indies cricket board which was already in dire financial situation, due to mismanagement, is looking forwards to citing salaries to reduce its losses during this time. Currently several of the team’s upcoming tours, have been put on hold.

The team was set to tour England in June, however since the ECB decided to stop all professional cricket till the first week of July, both the boards were forced to postpone the tournament to an undecided date for this reason. The final date for this series is yet to be decided.

Tour of England, New Zealand

Following the tour of England, New Zealand was set to tour the West Indies later in July, for a limited-overs series, however, the fate of this series is also undecided at present, and will more likely also get postponed.

Skeritt commented

Speaking on the matter Skeritt commented that “the board has set up a committee to look into the financial condition of the board and take required steps to contain the situation”.