Bassarath is new president of TTCB

High profile Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president, Deryck Murray, lost his bid for re-election at the weekend when he was swept from power in a stunning upset at the elections.



The former West Indies vice-captain, who has led the TTCB for the last four years, was defeated 26 to 23 by out-going first vice-president Azim Bassarath, in what was a bruising campaign in the run up to the poll.



Bassarath’s team, dubbed ‘Movement of Change’, made a clean sweep of nearly all the top TTCB posts, taking 10 of the 11 positions contested overall.



Another major casualty was Board secretary, Forbes Persaud, who lost by two votes to former executive Board member, Arjoon Ramlal. The outspoken Persaud also serves as chief executive of the TTCB.