BRIDGETOWN, Barbados \u2013 The 10-point plan to rescue the game in the Caribbean has becomes a list of 16 outcomes, which Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt said is achievable over the next decade, if he has his way.<\/p>\n
Skerritt said he firmly believes that sticking to the \u201cCricket First Philosophy\u201d and implementing the \u201cWest Indians First\u201d policy that helped to sweep him and vice president Dr Kishore Shallow to victory in March 2019 will produce results.<\/p>\n
The CWI president was speaking on the topic \u201cReforming Cricket West Indies for Improved On-field Results\u201d during the 20th annual Frank Worrell Memorial Lecture, which was virtually hosted by the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies through its Faculty of Sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe \u2018Cricket First\u2019 philosophy and the \u2018West Indians First\u2019 policy, which are interconnected and inextricable, together mandate that the revival of West Indies cricket should be developed around West Indian talent, culture, and heritage,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026and should aim to always achieve excellence and pride in the best of what it means to be a West Indian.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cAll of CWI\u2019s key cricket decisions must be designed to develop that sense of pride and aspiration for our representative West Indies teams that has been too often absent over these past 20 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn order to achieve a renewed sense of purpose and excellence within CWI, difficult choices and challenging decisions will have to be made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Skerritt listed high among the outcomes \u201ca modern and fit-for-purpose corporate governance system, which is consensus- oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, equitable, inclusive and results in the best decision-making\u201d.<\/p>\n
He also envisaged \u201cCWI, all of its cricket teams and its various technical intervention programmes, led by competent and empowered professionals, mostly of West Indian origin with respect for our proud history and culture, and with strategic minds and winning attitudes\u201d.<\/p>\n
Skerritt said he expected to see \u201ca well-organised grassroots programme in every member territory, jointly funded by government, private sponsors and the local cricket association, with technical inputs and standards from CWI as needed.<\/p>\n
He also anticipates children \u201cwanting to play and enjoy cricket, and getting opportunities to do so through relevant school, community and club leagues and programmes \u2013 with young boys and girls enjoying and learning the game with technical oversight by committed and competent coaches, trained centrally through CWI\u2019s own coaching education and development programmes\u201d.<\/p>\n
Skerritt said he hoped to see cricket-loving children \u201cencouraged to do well academically, with access to cricket and other sports activities being used as rewards and platforms for learning\u201d.<\/p>\n
He also identified \u201cCWI \u2013 in partnership with private sponsors \u2013 delivering regional age group tournaments commercially branded as the future stars and rising stars of West Indies cricket, with mentoring inputs from past players and a busy overseas tours programme for emerging players being exposed to international environments and good competition in advance of selection to the senior team as important outcomes.<\/p>\n
Skerritt said \u201ccloser monitoring and improved collaboration with the regional franchise system to ensure adherence to minimum standards for coaching and for player fitness and health; and territorial boards committed to improving communication, teamwork and regional cooperation, minimising insularity and focussed less on cricket politics and more on local grassroots development and growth of the sport\u201d was also vital to success.<\/p>\n
The CWI president said another important outcome will be \u201ca player remuneration and contractual system that rewards outstanding performance, recognises future potential and frowns on mediocrity\u201d, noting that \u201cplayer welfare must also be at the foundation of such a remuneration system\u201d.<\/p>\n
Skerritt said \u201ca modern research and science-based high-performance programme, delivered through a network headquartered at the Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG) in Antigua, and operated in partnership with regional higher learning institutions, focussed on preparing and up-skilling individual players and coaches, and preparing representative teams for winning performances\u201d was another intended outcome.<\/p>\n
He said he also wanted to see in the future \u201chead coaches commencing strategic planning, team building and technical preparation for competing in ICC Cricket World Cup events, a minimum of 18 months ahead of the actual event\u201d.<\/p>\n
Skerritt said a target of \u201cachieving at least 60 percent of winning results in all three formats, with ICC rankings never lower than the top five, and with several elite male and female West Indian players ranked within the top 20 players in the world\u201d was also a desired outcome.<\/p>\n
He said \u201cCWI, and its subsidiary CCG, to be transformed into a sustainably financed and efficiently led and operated corporation, employing the best available professionals, adhering to global standards of governance at all levels of operations, and engaging productively with all shareholders and stakeholders\u201d was another outcome.<\/p>\n
Skerritt said it was important that \u201ccricket fans of all ages being engaged and re-energised to love West Indies cricket, with the establishment of a highly motivated and organised supporters club\u201d and \u201can efficient, creative and modern public communications system, producing and delivering relevant and interesting stories of past, present, rising, and emerging West Indies cricketers and team performances\u201d were two critical outcomes. CMC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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