“We will deliver”-GCB President Bissoondyal Singh

Guyanese businessman and cricket administrator, Bissoondyal Singh, has been elected as president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), following an election in Georgetown on Monday. Singh said he promises to fix the issues in Guyana’s cricket.
“We will deliver, we will be the servant of the people, not what happened in the past. There will be a transparent, democratic, and open policy as it relates to the management of the sport in Guyana. We will be held accountable, we ask you to work with us in this monumental task.”

The GCB boss added: “Inclusivity will be our priority. We are not interested in confrontation, just conversation,” Singh said moments after he was elected. After being postponed last month, due to a number of contentious issues raised by the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB), the process, conducted by recently appointed cricket ombudsman Kamal Ramkarran, went off without a hitch.

Other appointments will see Berbice duo Rabindranauth Saywack and Hilbert Foster serve as vice-presidents with Ronald Williams named secretary. Former West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been named as the Chairman of the Senior Selectors, with current Cricket West Indies chief of selectors Roger Harper, also offered a position as a technocrat member with voting rights at executive meetings. President Singh and Foster will represent Guyana as CWI directors. Andre Percival is the chairman of the junior selection panel.

On Sunday, the CWI elections, which were slated to have Guyana’s Anand Sanasie and Barbados’ Calvin Hope challenge the incumbents Ricky Skerrit and Kishore Shallow was postponed after a quorum could not be reached due to the absence of representatives from Guyana and Barbados.

The elections have been re-set for April 11 but could now take on an entirely context following the GCB elections. Sanasie previously held the post of general secretary but has through his attorney’s questioned both the legality of appointing the Ombudsman and elections themselves.

GCB full slate

President– Bissoondyal Singh

Vice-President– Hilbert Foster

Vice-President– Rabindranauth Saywack

Secretary– Ronald Williams

Assistant Secretary– Davteerth Anandjit

Treasurer– Pretipaul Jaigobin

Assistant Treasurer– Dr. Cecil Beharry

Public Relations Officer– Claude Raphael

Marketing Manager– Mohamed Baksh

Chairman of Competitions Committee– Shaun Massiah

Chairman of Senior Selectors– Ramnaresh Sarwan

Chairman of Junior Selectors– Andre Percival

Technocrat members with voting rights at executive meetings– Roger Harper and Anil Beharry.