Hunte says the Patterson report is being utilised

Hunte said contrary to popular belief, the Governance Review Committee report is being utilized.



The Report authored by the Committee headed by former Jamaica Prime Minister P.J. Patterson was commissioned by the WICB two years ago to do a top-to-bottom review of the operations of West Indies cricket.



But Hunte said the regional governing body has been utilizing 47 of the 67 recommendations contained in the report. He said there was only one with which the directors had extremely difficulty with.



Hunte said the one recommendation, which was not accepted in full was the proposal for the establishment for a new entity to be renamed and headed by a two-tiered body called a Cricket West Indies Council that would sit above the Cricket West Indies Board.



He said the size of the council and the cost to service its operations constitute a major operational difficulty.



Hunte further said the WICB accepted the recommendation of establishing a cricket council but only as an advisory entity and not as an authority over the WICB.



He said that was discussed at last November’s meeting with CARICOM, which was attended by P.J. Patterson.