ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – President of Cricket West Indies (CWI), Dr. Kishore Shallow, just isn’t fazed by the latest transfer by Guyana Harpy Eagles’ gamers Veerasammy Permaul and Kevlon Anderson to take them to courtroom over ball-tampering fees.
Final month, the duo filed an software within the Excessive Court docket of Guyana looking for to clear their title after they had been hit with Degree 2 breaches of CWI’s Code of Conduct of their remaining spherical contest towards Trinidad and Tobago Crimson Drive within the not too long ago concluded West Indies Championship.
They’ve obtained the total backing of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), which closely criticized the actions of the umpires and match referee concerned.
Nonetheless, throughout an interview on WESN TV’s Face of Sports activities present, Dr Shallow mentioned he believed CWI had a robust case.
“From CWI’s perspective on this explicit matter, we consider it’s performed and dusted in that the gamers admitted and accepted the duty after the fees had been laid towards them. They signed, and we moved on.
“…At this level, we’re continuing with what’s earlier than us in black and white, which is that the gamers signed, and till we see one thing completely different, one thing in writing from the gamers, then we are going to change our place, however for proper now we’ve accepted the place of the gamers, which is that they accepted the fees and the penalties,” Dr. Shallow mentioned.
He admitted that though the GCB had not absolutely supported him in latest instances, he didn’t consider the courtroom motion was private.
Dr Shallow mentioned there was nothing incorrect with CWI’s processes being examined.
“I’ve spoken to the Guyana Cricket Board and… I don’t suppose it’s something private, however they’re simply looking for readability and testing the processes and the programs of CWI, and that’s effective, I consider.
“What we’ve to do at CWI is to indicate that our programs and processes are strong sufficient to resist any sort of scrutiny from the general public and even from the courtroom,” Dr Shallow mentioned.
“It occurs all over the place, and we simply should embrace it, but it surely permits us to strengthen our processes.”
