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FORMER Chairman of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket Committee, Clive Hubert Lloyd, CBE, was on Thursday last the recipient of a ‘Thank You’ letter from the desk of the president of the ICC Alan Isaac. The brief message from Isaac to the 68- year-old Lloyd, a former Guyana, West Indies and Lancashire skipper, outlined the ICC Board’s decision to appoint former Indian right-arm leg-spinner Anil Kumble as Lloyd’s successor and at the same time, thanked the Guyanese for his services rendered.
Here is an excerpt from Isaac’s letter to Lloyd;
“I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you on behalf of the ICC for the many years of outstanding chairmanship and leadership you provided to the game while sitting on the committee. We are fortunate to have had someone of your stature in the game serving on the committee and I know that your contribution was highly valued.
“I am sure that you will remain involved in the game in some form or other and look forward to seeing you at various international matches in the future.”
In an invited comment via telephone, Lloyd who served in the position for two terms from 2008 to 2012 said it was one wherein no one can serve more than two, two-year terms, and he was pleased with his services given to the ICC.
“I’ve been around for a while serving the ICC in various capacities, from Match Referee to Chairman of their Cricket Committee over the years, following my retirement from cricket and I am pleased with my services given to them, during that time, which also saw me pass cricket grounds on their behalf,” stated Lloyd.
In his playing days Lloyd, who was also known as the Super Cat, played 110 Test matches for the West Indies, scoring 7 515 runs at an average of 46.67 with 19 centuries and 39 half-centuries, which included his highest score of 242 not out against India.
Since retiring as a player, Lloyd remained heavily involved in cricket, managing the West Indies in the late 1990s, while he also did some coaching and commentating before he was appointed an ICC match referee from 2001 to 2006 and two years after, head of the ICC’s Cricket Committee.
According to the website Wikipedia, Lloyd is one of the most successful Test captains of all-time.
During his captaincy, the West Indies had a run of 27 matches without defeat, which included 11 wins in succession (Viv Richards acted as captain for one of the 27 matches, against Australia at Port of Spain in 1983–84) and he was the first West Indian player to earn 100 international caps. (Calvin Roberts)
Here is an excerpt from Isaac’s letter to Lloyd;
“I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you on behalf of the ICC for the many years of outstanding chairmanship and leadership you provided to the game while sitting on the committee. We are fortunate to have had someone of your stature in the game serving on the committee and I know that your contribution was highly valued.
“I am sure that you will remain involved in the game in some form or other and look forward to seeing you at various international matches in the future.”
In an invited comment via telephone, Lloyd who served in the position for two terms from 2008 to 2012 said it was one wherein no one can serve more than two, two-year terms, and he was pleased with his services given to the ICC.
“I’ve been around for a while serving the ICC in various capacities, from Match Referee to Chairman of their Cricket Committee over the years, following my retirement from cricket and I am pleased with my services given to them, during that time, which also saw me pass cricket grounds on their behalf,” stated Lloyd.
In his playing days Lloyd, who was also known as the Super Cat, played 110 Test matches for the West Indies, scoring 7 515 runs at an average of 46.67 with 19 centuries and 39 half-centuries, which included his highest score of 242 not out against India.
Since retiring as a player, Lloyd remained heavily involved in cricket, managing the West Indies in the late 1990s, while he also did some coaching and commentating before he was appointed an ICC match referee from 2001 to 2006 and two years after, head of the ICC’s Cricket Committee.
According to the website Wikipedia, Lloyd is one of the most successful Test captains of all-time.
During his captaincy, the West Indies had a run of 27 matches without defeat, which included 11 wins in succession (Viv Richards acted as captain for one of the 27 matches, against Australia at Port of Spain in 1983–84) and he was the first West Indian player to earn 100 international caps. (Calvin Roberts)
