An investigation into allegations of the sexual assault of a national youth cricketer by a local cricket official in Trinidad and Tobago is said to have been completed with the result to be made public soon, but not before the injection of additional controversy.Vice President of the TTCB Patrick Rampersad, told the Sunday Guardian said the matter was a sensitive one, and that was investigation was completed by a two-man committee and will soon be submitted to the executive of the TTCB. After that it will be made public.

However, according to a press release from national league representative, Dinanath Ramnarine, the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has been attempting to cover the matter up.

“As members of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board, we are outraged to learn that the President of the TTCB, Mr. Azim Bassarath, received a complaint from the alleged victim five months ago which was promptly swept under the carpet,” the Ramnarine release said.

“We wish to state categorically that at no time was anyone of us, as board members, informed by the TTCB leadership on this issue. We understand that, now that the allegation has been made public, TTCB President Mr. Azim Bassarath and Second Vice President, Mr. Lalman Kowlessar met with the player this morning and promised “action”. In light of their failure to act for five months, we have absolutely no confidence in anything being done and consider their response to be cheap public relations.”

Ramnarine stated that the player filed a written report of sexual misconduct to the manager of the T&T Under 19 team on or around July 2016 during the Under 19 tournament in St. Vincent. Some time passed and the player noted that he did not get a response from the team manager and made inquiries as to what progress was being made.

The manager reportedly replied saying he had submitted a copy of the report to the TTCB president about a week after they returned home. Further inquiries yielded no further news.