The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has acquired the services of noted counsel, Anthony Waddy Astaphan SC as an advisor to look at the recommendations for the CARICOM final report on governance of cricket.
Astapahn addressed the board at its regular quarterly meeting with its Directors which was held in St. Luci aover the weekend.
A WICB release states that Astaphan made a presentation to the board of directors in the morning session. A full paper will be prepared and will be available for presentation to the Prime Ministers’ committee. The way forward Astaphan
The way forward Astaphan says, “will look at how both organizations can work together for the benefit of the improvement of cricket on and off and the field.”
Astaphan is an experienced senior counsel who has served as a former president of the Bar Association of Dominica and provided legal counsel for a number of governments in the subregion.
I would rather have a winner on my side like the likes of senior council Tony Astaphan than the wannabe lawyers who has a lot of catching up to do to get close to Tony. The WICB recognizes a winner
Doctor Mac would be a much better advisor since it is a practical fact that he plays cricket much better Tony. Mac is a much better batsman than Tony. Tony’s pitch is the doctor’s training ground.
Officially, Cricket is no longer a gentleman’s sport in the West Indies.
Long time ago in Westindies hay days, a monkey could have ran the board. I am afraid the Westindies have gone the Kodak way. Westindies and the board have not adapted to the change required to build a strong cricket team. The board has used vindictiveness in disciplining players, the players have removed themselves from the Elite players class by their lack lustre performances. In the end it is proving to be an economic disaster for Westindies cricket whch by the way is tied to tourism.
For a cricket powerhouse to be reduced to club cricket type performances is a bloody disaster. Today when the game s gaining interest in North America, if Westindies was a strong and winning team the game could attarct corporate interest bu when the stands are filled with empty seats game after game it tells us the the state of affairs of cricket in the Westindies is not good.
What kind of cricket are they talking about? Not the one i know with bat and ball…impossible!
Boy, when lawyers start messing with our game I can not see a straight bat again.
What Astaphan knows about cricket?
I know right what the spoon he know bout spooning cricket…… All them spooners know is how to rip people off lol. Am dying here.
Sacre\’ sot. advising on the legal aspect. you reading with your eyes closed and always ready with negative comment. according to you, well, just die nah
See what happens when governments get their hands too involved in West Indies cricket. Some of these CARICOM governments want to advise the WICB on how it should govern itself when these governments cannot even govern themselves and perform the tasks they were elected to do in their respective countries.
I say disband some of these regional governments FIRST before any more talk of disbanding the WICB.
To seek advice from Tony Astaphan on a game of fair play does not seem like cricket to me.
well said!!