(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Cricket Board (T&TCB) has extended its condolences to the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and the wider regional community on the passing of Captain Peter Short on Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was 89 years old. The T&T-born former soldier and president, and secretary of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) who also headed the BCA, was also a regional representative on the International Cricket Council (ICC).
“Captain Short made a distinguished contribution to West Indies cricket and will be best remembered for his commitment to dialogue while occupying the highest administrative position in West Indies cricket,” Azim Bassarath, president of the T&TCB said. Bassarath said that despite Captain’s Short diminutive stature, he strode like a giant and lifted the image and profile of regional cricket during his tenure as president of the WICB from 1993-1996.
The local cricket chief said that on behalf of his T&TCB executive and the entire cricket community, he wishes to extend deepest condolences to Captain Short’s children Walter, Sally and Susan and his four grandchildren on their sad loss. He was pre-deceased by his wife Ann.
Apart from his leading positions on the WICB and the BCA, Captain Short was also a top-class cricketer and captained Division One Barbados club champions Wanderers and was also an incisive and analytical cricket commentator from 1957 to 1979, during which he reported on every Test and First Class fixture at the famed Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.
Bassarath pointed out that Captain Short presided over a crucial period in the regional game when the fortunes of the West Indies team started to wane on the international scene but he deftly managed to avoid controversy and confrontation, adding dignity and respect for regional cricket administration.
