MANY would have felt that once the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) consented to nominate a son of the soil in former Guyana and West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd for the presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at his request, the possibility of securing a seconder would have been as easy as

the Regional side steamrolling Zimbabwe in their three ODIs that are currently under way in Grenada.
Even the 68-year-old Lloyd himself felt that the good working relationship between the GCB and the Anil Bassarath-led Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) would have made things easier for him to secure a seconder, so he can challenge the incumbent Sir Julian Hunte and Jamaica’s Whycliffe Cameron for the top spot.
Nominations for the presidency position, which will be contested at the WICB’s elections set for March 27 in Barbados, closed off last Friday and while Lloyd secured the confidence of the Dru Bahadur-led GCB, he was unable to acquire a seconder.
“As of now, I was unable to acquire a seconder to back the GCB’s nomination, to which I am disappointed,” said Lloyd.
The man who played 110 Test matches for the West Indies, scoring 7 515 runs at an average of 46.67 with 19 centuries added, “When somebody promises to do something for you and they do not, you will be disappointed and that’s how I am feeling right now, but I have to live on because I told myself we are dealing with human beings who are liable to make mistakes at times.”
Such sentiments came from Lloyd, when asked about the TTCB’s or any of the other Territorial Boards’ decision not to second his nomination for the presidency race, since Chronicle Sport was reliably informed that the GCB sent out an email to the other regional boards, requesting a seconder.
Asked if he will stick around and give it another shot, the man who was also called the ‘Super Cat’ in his heyday, said he was undecided on whether he should give it another shot, but will be around, saying it is not all over.
“While I am unsure of whether I would contest the presidency again, I am definitely sure and can freely say that I will be around, since I feel I have ideas that can be used to help take our cricket back to the top where it should be, when you take into consideration, the calibre of players we have around now.”
Asked to comment on Lloyd’s missed opportunity at contesting for the presidency of the WICB, Honorary Secretary of the GCB Anand Sanasie said it is a sad and unfortunate thing to happen to such an esteemed son of the soil.
“We felt obligated to nominate Mr Lloyd for the presidency of the WICB when he made the request, since he is a Guyanese and we want to support our own, but at the same time, it is unfortunate that he found it difficult to acquire a seconder for the nomination,” said Sanasie.
With Lloyd being forced out of the race, the battle for the stewardship of the WICB is now a two-man fight, between Hunte – who belatedly decided to throw his hat into the race once again, after indicating he would not be running again – and his Jamaican vice-president since 2007 Whycliffe Cameron.