The news that former West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt is going to challenge incumbent Dave Cameron for the post of president of Cricket West Indies (CWI) at the upcoming annual general meeting on March 24 was met by skepticism in some quarters and optimism in others.
The optimists were glad that there would indeed be a challenger to Cameron’s seeming stranglehold on the post and hopeful that Skerritt’s challenge would result in a change of the leadership of the region’s number one sport.
The skeptics were however doubtful that Skerritt, a former Minister of Tourism in his native St Kitts/Nevis, and his running mate Dr Kishore Shallow, would be able to succeed where others have failed.