… remains the preferred presidential candidate

POPULAR cricket administrator Hilbert Foster yesterday refused to comment on his decision whether he will be a presidential candidate for Sunday’s Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) elections.

Foster’s new approach has now put the most vital elections in the history of the BCB in suspense, and at the same time leaves Dhierandranauth Somwaru as the only confirmed candidate for the upcoming presidential polls.
“I have no comment to make,” Foster said, when asked yesterday whether he has decided to contest for the BCB top post.

Foster, who is the Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club had told the Chronicle Sport in an interview recently that it will take a superhuman effort to lift Berbice cricket.
However, while Foster is unclear of his approach, he remains the preferred presidential candidate.

Chronicle Sport spoke to a number of present and former cricketers and cricket administrators, who have clearly aired their support for Foster.
“Cricket in Berbice needs someone like Foster, a former West Indies opening batsman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said.

“Look its straightforward, they had this guy (Somwaru), who took over from Beharry (Anil), and this guy just doesn’t have a clue what is going on, I am not saying he (Somwaru) can’t be the right man for the job, but at present I am of the opinion that Foster is the man. He can move Berbice cricket forward,” a former BCB administrator, who also wishes to remain anonymous, opined.

According to what is stipulated in the Cricket Administration Bill, three sub-associations, along with eleven first-division clubs, have secured voting rights during the elections process.

The sub-associations are: West Berbice, Berbice River and Upper Corentyne while the first division clubs are Blairmont, Police, Mt Sinai, Fort Canje, Guymine, Rose Hall Estate, Chesney, Albion, Port Mourant, Whim and Kildonan.
Each sub-association is entitled to four voting delegates while the clubs have two voting delegates each.

The October 8 elections will be the first since 2014, and perhaps will be the most important one for the county.