BASSETERRE – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is being called upon to strongly resist moves by England, India and Australia to complete what some officials have labelled a “hostile takeover” of the sport.
The former chairman of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Governance Committee, Charles Wilkin QC, has made an appeal to WICB and regional governments in response to a white paper containing proposed changes to revamp the International Cricket Council (ICC) which will come before members as early as the quarterly meeting in Dubai on January 28 and 29.
The ICC working paper is proposing that Test cricket be played under a two-tiered system in which England, India and Australia will not be demoted while teams like West Indies and New Zealand would find themselves in the second tier.
Wilkin describes as “startling” news that the ICC is planning to cede most executive decisions to the so-called “Big Three”.
