Under-17 cricket tourney called off after court ruling that GCB illegal

Arudranauth Gossai

The ruling in the High Court by Justice Fidela Corbin that the Executive Committee of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is illegal, has reportedly resulted in the calling off of the scheduled April 6 hosting of the Inter-County Under–17 tournament.

The Anand Sanasie-controlled Board and Executives, along with Cricket Ombudsman Stephen Lewis, were slapped with the ruling on Wednesday at the High Court, following legal proceedings filed by attorney Arudranauth Gossai on behalf of Rabindranauth Saywack and the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB).

Saywack challenged the appointment of Lewis in May 2018, while the BCB challenged the legitimacy of the GCB following ‘purported’ elections in 2018 where Fizul Bacchus was elected President and Sanasie, the Secretary.