Ricky Skerritt: The player friendly President of CWI

[BunnyRabbit]

After the tumultuous period from 2011-2019 of Dave Cameron which was marred by various disputes with the players including the decision of entire WI squad to walk out of a then ongoing tour in India, Ricky Skerritt became the President of WI cricket. He calls himself a player friendly administrator. Under him there have been captaincy changes with Kieron Pollard taking over as LOI captain and Kraigg Brathwaite taking the reins from Jason Holder. Although the performance of their team has still been hit or miss, he is liked quite a lot by the WI players as well as officials of other cricket boards. He was also instrumental in changing the itinerary of international schedule in a bid to compensate IPL in 2021.

He has also recently spoken of making ICC more inclusive and decided for WI to tour Pakistan for a series by their both respective women and men's team. Notably, it's going to be the first international series in Pakistan after NZ flying out of Pak at the last moment and England cancelling their proposed tour afterwards.


What do you guys think of this guy?

 

[Markhor]

Ricky Skerritt is a major improvement over the aptly named "Big Idiot" Dave Cameron.

He has a more consensual approach than his authoritarian predecessor. Whereas Cameron fell out with Kieron Pollard and their 2016 World Cup winning coach Phil Simmons, Skerritt reconciled with them.

The real issue is not so much CWI but the regional boards like Guyana, Trinidad etc who spend more time playing politics and lobbying for their players to get picked, deservedly or not, than focusing on the betterment of West Indies cricket as a whole.

 

[Saj]

This is one of the toughest jobs in cricket.

West Indies cricket is a mess, it's dying, it's rotting and I wonder just how long it can continue to survive in its current form.

 

[Junaids]

This is one of the toughest jobs in cricket.

West Indies cricket is a mess, it's dying, it's rotting and I wonder just how long it can continue to survive in its current form.

I went to Barbados for the inaugural pink ball Test against Sri Lanka.

No TV station in my hotel was broadcasting the match. The terrestrial channels were not, but the Pay-TV channels were a bouquet from the US with no cricket coverage either.

Cricket is invisible on West Indian TV. So kids grow up not understanding that it is part of their identity.

 

[Saj]

I went to Barbados for the inaugural pink ball Test against Sri Lanka.

No TV station in my hotel was broadcasting the match. The terrestrial channels were not, but the Pay-TV channels were a bouquet from the US with no cricket coverage either.

Cricket is invisible on West Indian TV. So kids grow up not understanding that it is part of their identity.

Sad state of affairs but not surprising.

Baseball, soccer taking over.

Even those guys who want to play cricket mostly want to just play T20Is.

 

[James]

This is one of the toughest jobs in cricket.

West Indies cricket is a mess, it's dying, it's rotting and I wonder just how long it can continue to survive in its current form.

I went to Barbados for the inaugural pink ball Test against Sri Lanka.

No TV station in my hotel was broadcasting the match. The terrestrial channels were not, but the Pay-TV channels were a bouquet from the US with no cricket coverage either.

Cricket is invisible on West Indian TV. So kids grow up not understanding that it is part of their identity.

Sad state of affairs but not surprising.

Baseball, soccer taking over.

Even those guys who want to play cricket mostly want to just play T20Is.

Arrgghhh, desperately sad.

What a downhill slide from the great historical Test cricketing heritage of the West Indies.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Arrgghhh, desperately sad.

What a downhill slide from the great historical Test cricketing heritage of the West Indies.

It's extremely sad but even then WI team is very easy to root for neutrals.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

This is one of the toughest jobs in cricket.

West Indies cricket is a mess, it's dying, it's rotting and I wonder just how long it can continue to survive in its current form.

Think he is doing a good job but just needs to promote FC cricket somehow. Guys like Hetmyer, Shephard and a few others need to know how good they can be in Tests.

 

[James]

It's extremely sad but even then WI team is very easy to root for neutrals.

Yes, when they click together and have a good day they are still a wonderful side to watch.