WICB blasts Patterson Report

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said the Patterson Commission Report failed to deal with the many challenges facing the game in the region.



The WICB was responding to a four-page letter to its president Julian Hunte that was copied to the media.



Former Jamaica Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and the members of his governance review committee signed the letter.



The governance review committee, which comprised Patterson, Sir Alister McIntyre and Ian McDonald, was commissioned by former WICB president Ken Gordon last year to examine the structure of West Indies cricket and make recommendations.



They expressed disappointment with the WICB’s hierarchy for its lack of interest in the report.



The report further said after more than a year the people of the West Indies were still in the dark, as to the outcome of the WICB’s deliberations and the consequent fate of the report.



The WICB said it had reviewed the report and several of the recommendations had been incorporated into the Draft Strategic Plan 2008 to 2012.



However, the WICB also said the issue covered in the Patterson Committee report were outdated.