WHILE the calls are increasing for Dave Cameron, the president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), to step down from his position, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), through secretary Anand Sanasie, yesterday said that they will be supporting the Jamaican at next month’s elections. Cameron will be challenged by West Indies legend and president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Joel Garner when the territorial boards meet in Kingston, Jamaica for their Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Elections on March 7.

Garner’s running mate is reported to be Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) director Baldath Mahabir while Cameron will have his WICB vice-president Emmanuel Nanthan at his side on March 7.
Despite Cameron being at the forefront of criticism over the West Indies aborted tour of India late last year and calls being made for him to step down coming from well-known personalities including the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Sanasie said that the GCB is in favour of the Jamaican, based on a meeting held in Guyana.
“We would have met with him (Cameron) when we had our awards ceremony here last year and he would have made certain proposals which we accepted and are in favour of,” Sanasie said while speaking exclusively with Chronicle Sport yesterday.
Sanasie, a member director on the Cameron-led WICB, further pointed out that at the time, the Jamaican was the lone candidate, with Garner surfacing later as a legitimate challenger to the presidential seat of the WICB, but the GCB’s position remains the same.
“Nothing has changed. I mean, at that time he was the only one, but now, nothing has changed and we’ll be supporting him. It should be obvious,” Sanasie said.
Meanwhile, though Sanasie didn’t outline to Chronicle Sport their rationale for supporting the incumbent WICB president, it was reported in yesterday’s edition of the Jamaican Gleaner, that the establishment of a professional first-class tournament regionally – which has resulted in the permanent employment of 90 players – as one of Cameron’s legacies.
Sanasie, however, said that president Drubahadur and marketing manager Raj Singh will be GCB’s representatives in Jamaica with Guyana being one of the six regional boards who will have two votes each.
Cameron was nominated by the GCB and was seconded by the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. Garner, 62, was backed by his board, the BCA, and was seconded by the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board.
Up to the time of this report, the WICB had not disclosed the nominations for the various positions following last Saturday’s deadline.

(By Rawle Toney)