Cricket West Indies chief Ricky Skerritt says board has suffered a 'stroke'

KINGSTON: With cricket tours around the world coming to a standstill, Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief Ricky Skerritt has said that the coronavirus pandemic has badly affected the cricket body and pushed it into 'Intensive Care Unit'. Cost cutting measure are a priority for CWI keeping an eye on how the pandemic has seen cricket tours being cancelled or postponed. "This crisis has put our already poor financial state into ICU. It is like going to the doctor with an illness, and as he is about to prescribe the medication, you get a stroke," Skerritt said in an interview to Guardian Media Sports.

He went on to explain how a committee has been set up to assess the future with tours being rescheduled or cancelled and a report is expected to come on May 27 at the board's next quarterly meeting.

"What this committee will do is to look at that and also look at the emergency situation that this COVID-19 pandemic has thrown us into and recommend what can be done," he said. IANS

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