Skerrit sees crucial role for CARICOM

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says there is a role for regional governments in the management of West Indies cricket.



However, he says key questions about ownership of the regional game needed to be answered.



Prime Minister Skerrit says cricket was too crucial to Caribbean life and development, for governments to be excluded.



He was speaking against the backdrop of sidelined opener Chris Gayle’s call for CARICOM’s intervention in his impasse with the West Indies Cricket Board, WICB.



The Jamaican was repeatedly overlooked for selection for the just concluded series against India, and a stormy meeting in Jamaica last month between Gayle and the WICB failed to broker a solution.



Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo backed Gayle’s call for CARICOM intervention in the matter, with the Community subsequently deciding at the Summit last week in St Kitts, to reactivate the sub-committee on cricket to deal with the affair.