The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) whose secretary Anand Sanaise is the prime contender against incumbent Cricket West Indies (CWI)President Ricky Skerritt could not make it to the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Along with GCB, the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) could also not make it to the virtual meeting, resulting in a lack of quorum and thus adjournment of the meeting.
The meeting was due to start at 10.00 am East Caribbean Timing on Sunday morning, March 28th. However, since the two boards, meaning four members were not present, the minimum number (nine) to maintain the quorum in the 12 member board could not be achieved. Other eight (8) representatives duly authorized to represent the Jamaica Cricket Association, Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICB), Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) and the Windward Islands Cricket Board were present in the meeting.
As per the ‘Articles of Association’, “If there is no quorum within thirty minutes from the time appointed for the meeting, it shall stand adjourned to the next business day or to such other time and place as the Board of Directors may determine, and at the adjourned meeting no other business may be transacted.”
The main of this meeting was to elect the new President and Vice President as the tenure of both Skerritt and his deputy Kishore Shallow was coming to end after two years of service. They both were contesting for a second two-year term against the pair of Sanasie and Calvin Hope, the President of BCA.
According to the CWI media release, “Attempts to reach the representatives from the BCA and GCB were unsuccessful. The meeting was eventually adjourned at 10:50 a.m.”
“The CWI Board of Directors subsequently held an Emergency Board Meeting at midday today, Sunday 28th March 2021, and decided that the AGM will resume on Sunday 11th April 2021 at 10:00 am ECT/09:00 am Jamaica Time,” the release added.