NEWLY appointed president of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Ricky Skerritt has insisted the association is not looking to burn bridges with discarded officials, despite making several quick changes since taking office.

Interim coach Richard Pybus, West Indies assistant coach Vasbert Drakes and the entire Courtney Browne-led selection panel were among the casualties when the new board began to enforce its mandate last month.

Some of the parties have, however, taken exception to their dismissals and threatened legal action against CWI. While he insisted he was not yet briefed on the legal situations, Skerritt was quick to point out that the organisation was not interested in alienating the recently dismissed officials and other positions could be open to them in the future.

“What I would say is that each situation has been handled on its own merit and there is no intention to make things more difficult for any past players than it has it to be,” Skerritt told the SportsMax Zone.

“Whatever the beliefs, we are about cricket. We are about helping players; we are about helping past players. We are about inclusiveness and we want past players involved in developing cricket and providing services of different kinds,” he added.

“If somebody is not used now as a selector it doesn’t mean he can’t be used later as something else. If somebody is not used as a coach it doesn’t mean he can’t be used later as some other kind of professional in cricket. We are not trying to burn any bridges with anybody.” (Sportsmax)