Despite a somewhat expected inept showing in the ICC World Cup and them facing a $42 million compensation bill after the abandoned tour of India last October, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) re-elected Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron for a further term in office as its president.
He predictably beat Barbadian fast-bowling legend, Joel Garner, 8-4 in the presidential elections staged during the WICB annual general meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.
The elections was a boost for the often maligned Cameron as he has been the subject of much criticism in recent years.
“I want to say how humbled I am to be given the opportunity to continue to serve West Indies cricket,” he said. “It is with great satisfaction… and we are looking forward to really making West Indies cricket much better than we are today,” he continued.
He was questioned by former and current players, as well as politicians including prime ministers from the Caribbean following Dwayne Bravo's team deciding to abandon the India tour midway into the one-day series last September.
Further to that, he also became the subject of widespread derision online during the ongoing World Cup after retweeting a fan's plea for star opener Chris Gayle to be pensioned off.
Promising that his administration will be dedicated to improving the regional game in his second term at the helm; “The past is the past and we now look forward to working as a team,” he said.
Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control President Emmanuel Nanthan, running on Cameron’s ticket, held onto his role as vice-president, beating Garner’s running partner Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board executive Baldath Mahabir by an identical voting margin.
