CARICOM Leaders yesterday gathered at the CARICOM Secretariat for the Twenty-First Meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on Cricket.
Chair of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee, Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, continued his advocacy to reinvigorate cricket in the Region.
See full transcript below:
Today we convene under the banner of reinvigoration and opportunity to deliberate on a game that is not just a sport, but a unifying emblem of identity for our region. And that emblem is West Indies Cricket.

I recognise this moment as an inflection point where tradition meets transformation. I trust that you are willing to be transformed, not on your own behalf only, but on behalf of all who see West Indies cricket as that common legacy, the common good.
Cricket, the soul of our Caribbean culture holds vast potential not only to captivate the hearts, but also to inspire a new generation and unlock fresh avenues for economic growth across the CARICOM Region.

But I dare say, colleagues, this is not going to happen if we keep on doing the same things that we have been doing. Those things that we have been doing have been giving us a certain kind of result and scientifically and otherwise, if we keep on doing those same things, we are likely to get those same results. But I gather that we are all here because we want a different kind of result and therefore, I take it that we are in fact prepared to be transformed.

This session here in Georgetown aligns perfectly with our broader regional goals of sustainable development at the individual national level and therefore as a regional initiative.
We look at this for innovation and for integration together, let us reimagine cricket as a driver of unity and prosperity, leveraging its story legacy to engage youth, foster regional pride and capitalise on modem monetisation opportunities.
I dare say cricket, as we knew it, us older ones when we grew up, cricket was something we liked, loved, and enjoyed. Today, cricket is a multi-billion-dollar commercial enterprise in which we are to be engaged if we are not already engaged.

I encourage us to remain focused to ensure that we can emanate strong, workable recommendations to take this issue forward.
I therefore anticipate full deliberation for the of this meeting. I ask all of us here today to keep an open mind as we deliberate and let us undertake not to leave here, just having had another meeting, but to have had a meeting where certain far-reaching decisions have been taken as to the work ahead had to transform West Indies Cricket.