Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Anand Sanasie says the GCB takes full responsibility for the fiasco involving young Berbice cricketer, Sylus Tyndall who was left at the airport after a mix up involving the Board and team management. He stated that the persons responsible will be sanctioned.
Sylus was selected along with other members of the U-15 team to represent Guyana at the 2013 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) U-15 tournament which started on July 10 and continues until July 26 in Jamaica.
According to a release sent out by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday, the President and Executive Members of the BCB expressed in the strongest possible way their disgust at the treatment of young Tyndall by the GCB and the team management, after the U-15 player was left at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri whilst the rest of the Guyana team departed for the tournament in Jamaica.
It was noted in the release that the young cricketer’s father had dropped the passport off at the GCB office and was told that it would be passed on to the team’s Manager, Virendra Chintamani who apparently failed to uplift the document. This resulted in the team arriving at the airport and discovering that Tyndall’s passport was not in his possession or in that of the manager’s.
In an interview, Sanasie stated that the team management was responsible for the youngsters. He said that Sylus’ passport was brought to the GCB to be scanned and no one came back to retrieve the youngster’s document. He acknowledged that this has affected Sylus and his family, and he and the GCB were sorry for the inconvenience caused.
The secretary said that Sylus was kept at the LBI Hostel for three days, while the GCB and WICB officials tried to secure a flight out for Tyndall, which Sanasie said was not a problem; however they were told that connecting flights going into Jamaica where the tournament is being held, were booked solidly for the month of July.
Sanasie also accepted that the blame will fall upon the GCB, saying the board accepted “full responsibility” for the entire fiasco, while acknowledging that team management certainly “erred” and should have ensured that the members of the team had their documents in their possession.
