Deryck Murray wants current CWI President gone as he objects the dual responsibility he holds in the cricket ecosystem.
Deryck Murray calls for CWI president’s ouster.
“The board – with him, the West Indies board, the personnel of the board at the moment – has to remove itself peacefully, amicably, and allow a change to take place,” the West Indies legend said, objecting to Shallow’s dual role in the Caribbean ecosystem.
Murray was alluding to Shallow’s recent nomination to the position of Minister of Tourism and Maritime Affairs in the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Although Murray did not specifically use the term “conflict of interest,” his meaning was the same. “As I say, if we continue with the status quo, we drift into irrelevance,” stated Murray (82), who participated in 26 One-Day Internationals and 62 Test matches during the heyday of West Indies cricket in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
The CWI president recently addressed the matter, saying that although the dual employment is unusual in the area, it does not represent a conflict of interest. Shallow did not reply. As West Indies cricket will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2028, Murray, who has dabbled in cricket administration in the past, criticised the CWI for failing to work more closely with the IOC to guarantee that the West Indies—rather than a single Caribbean island—participate in the Los Angeles Olympics.
“I am very disappointed that the West Indies board has not approached the International Olympic Committee for special dispensation for there to be a West Indies cricket team, which has been in existence for 100 years, to continue to be represented at the Olympics. It seems as though we have not approached this as something the West Indies should be part of, and that it should be individual territories.
“That’s a big disappointment for me. And if that continues, then as I see the West Indies as a cricket entity – nation, whatever – we drift into irrelevance. My own vision for West Indies cricket is to celebrate that 100th year as a point that is going to be a catalyst for the West Indies to return to its former glories,” Murray told a Caribbean radio show Mason & Guest on Tuesday.