The vice-president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Emmanuel Nanthan, yesterday launched a major broadside against Darren Sammy 48 hours after he led West Indies into the history books by becoming the first team to capture the T20 World Cup twice.
Nanton has blasted as “irrelevant, demeaning, insulting, and unfortunate” comments made by Sammy minutes after West Indies pulled off a stunning four-wicket victory over England to seal the title.
Sammy courted controversy when he hit out at the WICB for its lack of support and praised Prime Minister of Grenada Dr Keith Mitchell and CARICOM for messages of support, which inspired his team.
“So to try to make it look like the board was inefficient in any way is rather unfortunate,” declared Nanton in a radio interview in Dominica.
Nanton should never, I repeat never be on the WICB, because of the unethical way he was simply placed in the position of CEO of the PASSPORT-SELLING-Scheme, misnamed as Citizen-By-investment-Programme.
The position of Co-ordinator of that passport-selling scheme was advertised by Govt. One of the criteria for the top job was possession of a Masters degree in a related field. Nanton has no Masters degree In fact he has No degree. Someone who applied for that same job possess a Masters. Nanton was given the job, even though he did not have the qualifications.
Who got Tony Astaphan to be legal adviser to the WICB? To try to kibosh the recommendations and not implement change? All over the Caribbean, the cry is that the WICB should go and that includes Nanton. Selling passports is incompatible with WI cricket. Nanton has no authority, no moral or ethical standing to chastise any player. No accountability or transparency in those passport sales.. Cricket not so.
I wonder how u know that
I think that Mano’s response rather hasty however it hurts my heart to see how much venue and diatribe that is hurled at Mano. Totally unfair. I don’t k ow anybody who love cricket more than Mano and I don’t know off anyone besides “Roota” who dedicated so much towards the sport. Before Dominica Cricket Association or WICB Mano was working very hard for the development and sustainability of cricket in Dominica. So to suggest that Mano is killing cricket is absolutely wrong,malicious and shameful.
We should be proud of Mano’s ascension with West Indies cricket.
It is OK to disagree with Mano’s position or response but it is certainly not kool that as,Dominicans we are trying to break him down
Anybody Nathan fighting against is on the right side of history.
The views expressed by the WICB in this article in trying to condemn Sammy for speaking out reminds me of the quote from the French philosopher Voltaire.
Cet animal est tres méchant; Quand on l’attaque il se defend – which means “This animal is very wicked; When attacked it defends”.
Can you imagine troubling and taunting your neighbor’s dog every day like we sometimes did in childhood days. Then one day it bites you. You then run home screaming that the dog is bad and wicked because it bit you. It was just defending itself.
The players and the region too were suppressed and dealt a bad hand by WICB. Sammy and the region now speak out and defend – so they are wicked?!@
Where do we stand on “Truth and Reconciliation” ? As with the UBUNTU philosophy that embodied Nelson Mandela and the underlying principles of his of life and work to liberate.
UBUNTU – BECAUSE YOU ARE, I AM. or “I AM WHAT I AM BECAUSE OF WHO WE ALL ARE. The redemptive and reconciliatory aspect of his…
The redemptive and reconciliatory aspect of his philosophy is that which we ought to, in fact I say Must emulate in Dominica.
Now Sammy is considered the bad guy – I also recall that there used to be a radio serial on radio Antilles Called KINKADE – just before the 6pm news and it always started with these words:
“They Called him an animal– ; they called him many things – but they lived to hail him a phenomenon, to worship at his shrines”. The same can be said of Sammy, Gayle and the “CHAMPION” West Indies team.
Instead of bashing them just embrace the redemptive and reconciliatory aspect of the UBUNTU philosophy
This board should be managed by Women only. Not being biased.women know what men and other women need. In order to be successful…
Nanthan really has no shame!!
Dem Dominicans Killing West Indies cricket!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr. Nanthan, that was totally uncalled for. I find your remarks rather disappointing. Even though the Board’s back is to the wall, stay cool and sill strive to maintain a certain level of decorum.
You cannot be like the Evil Witch in Sleeping Beauty by slamming our captain at the time of West Indies purest joy! Facts are facts. If even half of what Sammy said is true, deep down you know this WICB should go!
Throughout history, sporting events have always brought people together and built a sense of solidarity. I don’t see the WICB winning the war against a team that has the full support of the Caribbean people. That game and victory had so many people showing their island pride. Even the people from other countries were congratulating the Windies and saying how they’ve never seen a more passionate and fun group of players, and the revelation by Sammy made the admiration even stronger.
On that note, people like Nanthan need to take a seat and be quiet.
Boss anything them fellars involved in thats the way it will be and then they have no shame they will sill come back andm try to put blame where it don’t belong
Moi dit Zors. Tiway yo, yo pas Bon. Tiway yo say pas Bon yo pas Bon….
The WICB seem to be suffering from Narcissistic Self-Destructive Syndrome (NSDS), an offshoot of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. IF the ENTIRE WICB do not disappear swiftly from the cricketing landscape then we are in for more puerile gimmicks. The Caribbean people must be saved from shame, disgrace, disrespect and impairment of the psyche and destruction of the will to succeed.
The Caribbean has suffered enough psychologically, emotionally, mentally, socially, financially and otherwise including the mistrust and suspicion that still persist in the region and internationally. We must restore and preserve our cricketing dignity and reputation, yea – our very image as West Indians whom the world must take seriously!!
THe WICB’s “macaqucrie, koshonie and bagai sort” has caused many to refer to us as brainless. This Narcissistic Self-Destructive Syndrome (NSDS) and the disease of “DISHONORITIS” must be eradicated completely.
Darren Sammy’s and Phil Simmon’s release of inner passion and yearning for saving the game of West Indian cricket can only be referred to as the “RAGE OF ANGELS”
It reminds me of the song from Darren Sammy’s compatriots the TRU TONES of St. Lucia in the early eighties (1980) from the Album: POWER STRUGGLES
BURNING EYES AND A HUNGRY BELLY
There’ve been times when I had to look to the sky
So the creator would see my face
And remember me too whom he brought into this place
With better days nowhere close in sight,
It seem a never ending fight
Chorus
So let’s get rid of them Burning eyes and a hungry belly
save the children of tomorrow the tears and the sorrow
Burning eyes and a hungry belly could make an angel a lion and a preacher a killer,
Burning eyes and a hungry belly, never ever heard of such sweet misery
Burning eyes and a hungry belly, find its solution in a revolution
No wonder they are now finding a solution in a…
No wonder they are now finding a solution in a revolution.
I also hope though that the cricketers themselves learn from their past mistakes and take the passion of these wins to propel them to perform and understand more profoundly what it means to represent the region. They should find a solution in scheduling so that many of them could give back more to Caribbean Cricket.
Sir Garfield Sobers and the other Legends “assiduously pioneered and laid the foundation upon which today’s cricketing meritocracy has built a dizzying pinnacle of cricketers – a pinnacle from which many of today’s cricketing inheritors often look down and scorn the base degrees from which they did ascend”. THAT TOO MUST STOP.
(Note: the excerpt in quotes is paraphrased from the forward by Hon. H. L. Christian in the Memoirs of S. J. Lewis (first SMA principal)
The cricketers too must now dust themselves and turn over a new chapter under a new structure guided by a MERITOCRACY philosophy of…
Nanthan When people go to watch cricket they don’t go to see you or Cameron or the rest of the incompetent jokers on the Board. So my advise to you and your board is resign immediately because it is clear you guys are dragging down the only common thing that binds us as a Caribbean people. Please brother for the love of the game please take your Board and go away. You guys new the problems long before Sammy exposed it you guys were playing hard ball not doing nothing to address it. I wish all the players would take some drastic measures to force you guys out because we know you guys will not step down
Nanthan, shut up. You guys don’t like when people speak their minds. You all only want people to sit and accept things. You need to go because you all only have the interest of yourselves. Sammy is simply telling it as it is.
Th recent victories by west indies cricket teams are the results of years of planning,strategies,and commitment to west indies cricket not just by this board but those before it.yes there is need to congratulate the players for their hard work on the field of play,but those victories could be achieved without management.
Did anyone read the entire article and see what points Nanthan raised??
DNO I think you need to publish the entire article from the Gleaner..
Mano get your facts straight and will and come again, what maybe story you giving there? This shows that something is definitely wrong with the wicb! Something needs to be done about this board! Treat them fellars better than that! Stuppppppppppps
Nanton,Sammy is right. You guys don’t care about cricket, you all’s only concern is make as much money and as quickly as possible. Bunch of unpatriotic, money hungry seekers. But that same money you all are desperately hungry for,one day you all will be afraid of it. Time will tell.
nathan shut your big mouth and get lost , you all have to go soon .
Nathan, WICB is not a company left to the board members, by your parents. The people of the West Indies want the board of WICB to resign. Just resign. Its our cricket, give us what we wants
6666 remember the name! Carlos Braithwaite. Congratulations WI players,U-19, Women and Men teams.We are with you guys, Pa study Nathan, Cameron avec planche la, yo kar chante’ Sankey. We are ever so proud to lift our heads and say West Indies cricket once again. Curtly Ambrose didn’t speak he only flicked three (3) fingers in the air. 6666 remember the name.
I hope you know what you saying you that Nanton, dont believe that WICB is Dominica where you all talking shit in the place. Come good because this might cause you to stepdown.
This board need to be disbanded and the Caricom govt govern that WICB.
Mr Nathan, you do not wash the WICB’s dirty lenin in the Caribbean Basin. It is unfortunate that we continue to keep fighting futile fights and show little or no leadership. The Board should invite Mr Sammy to a meeting, thrash the matter and Mr Sammy and the Board hold a press conference. Candidly, Sammy’s comments were unfortunate.
This is what happens when you put government operatives to govern anything. Power goes to their heads and you have to come genuflect at their alter.The government advertised a position requiring a Masters degree, this man might not have a school leaving certificate and it was given to him,so no wonder he is a force unto himself. He is Julius Caesar in the 21st century. The same way he slams Sammy for his comments,couldn’t he have waited for a while before opening his mouth.Allow the cricket fans some time to absorb the sweetness of the victory.Good leaders can’t afford to be so thin skinned
Nathan you and Camaron cannot run the WICB like the DLP; and to describe the comments of the captain of the WI T20 team as irrelevant is rather unfortunate and ill-timed. These dedicated men and women who so successfully represented and obtained the trophies are not your political JUNKIES. If anyone is irrelevant it\’s you mr big stuff who the hell do you think you are.
Nanthan should be ashamed of himself, not on the heals of West Indies winning and bring pride and joy back to the Caribbean ad instilling pride in the Team and the Region on a whole. SHAME ON YOU NANTHAN, go crawl back in the touloulou hole you crawled out off.
Awah wi “Mr Vice-Prsesident” Nanthan, best you had just stay silent. I mean reaaally SILENT. Keep you mouth SHUT.
Whenever the WICB is exposed, they go from man to beast, attacking and trying to tear apart those who expose them.
For the love of cricket, the entire WICB should resign, fired, booted out, boycotted……whatever it takes to get the current President, vice-president and their boys out of cricket.
Mr. Vice-President of the West Indies Cricket Board, if you read this, please pass it on to your Board members.
Ha, ha, ha, put him in charge of the Lankawi team!
But Nantan,you kn I w you inefficient.
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Amen and amen…..these people are only in it for themselves. Everything they do and say is a farce. They are great pretenders these men!! The like pomp and circumstance and big names…the hon excellency …I rather doubt that he could spell such a long undeserving title
That WICB is really shameless. If I were these guys I would keep quiet and allow the players to vent their frustration. It is very obvious that WICB is not in touch with the players and that is a big shame. Nathan should shut his mouth…. years of involvement in Dominica cricket and he was a dismal failure.
Thats the problem here. To say what the captain said is irrelevant shows what you and the board are made of and capable of. There is no doubt that the board has let down WI cricket at the highest stage. Do the right thing and give the nation the cricket management that it deserve. You guys should resign.
Nanthan in my estimation, this is all about balls! The WI team needed 120 to create world history, seems that leaves you 118 or even all 120 short!
Boy Mano you can embarrass us in Possie eh. But I forgive you because you are too busy selling passports that you have no time for windies cricket.
Mano blasted Sammy’s statement as “irrelevant, demeaning, insulting, and unfortunate” but you could not point to one single thing he said that was untrue by showing us the truth. I expected you to say, the board called, emailed, texted the team when they beat India in the Semi final.
“making noise for losing $20,000 on one side but gaining $150,000 or $280,000 in some instances on the other hand and never ever said that to anybody.”
Mano, what regional competition are you talking about? How many of the players that made us Caribbean people proud that play in the regional competition to benefit from the raise? Will the likes of Sammy, Gayle, Bravo, Simmonds, Pollard, Badree, Russell and soon Brathwaite benefit? Mano, the St. Lucia govt named the stadium after Sammy and I guess Skerrit should name the morocco hotel after you.
Embarass? Portsmouth people have no shame. Is Nanthan more embarrassing than Ian Douglas or TJS.
All you Portsmouth people remain mute when there is blatant passports racketeering and evidence thereof. Hush all you mowt.
If Nanthan was to run for Labor all morons will still vote for him.
The nerve of Nanton
They say empty barrels make the most noise so there we go, make more useless noise Nanton.
Always Assertive!
Already you mashing up local cricket in Commonwealth of Dominica is slam you want to slam the windies skipper for speaking his mind in ways allu can improve and move forward. the truth hurting you. already you though push for our country player to make west indies team is a guyannese player allu choose and he end up doin shit.. so my boi find a way to solve an issue not slam cuz certain players speaking too up on the matter is not one man alone.
The very fact that Nanton can even ne VP of WICB alone tells the state of demise of cricket. Sammy tell Nanton shove it with all his conflict of interest. Pay no attention to mr.
The longest rope has and end. Nathan leave Sammy alone, his comments and observations speaks to the incompetence of the board. Instead of belching bubbles tell us about the failed Indian tour and how much is owed to India for this fiasco.
One thing I know for sure is, there is no way I expect to hear the name of Darren Sammy in any FBI report or in the panama leaked paper, or in any investigation that has to do with corruption. Sammy is free to go to the US with no fear of being arrested. I do not know if I can say the same about the man that blasted him. So I want to know sir
thanks sammy for the truth
thanks u sammy for speaking the truth
Really Nanton? How did you even got that position any way? tells a lot as to why the board performs so badly.
The entire West Indies Board MUST be fired
one thing the truth really hurts
Now this is a man who has a salary from WICB and still a salary from the passport selling department of the government of Dominica but he thinks that it is ok to cut the guys pay by $20000 and that the guys should just Suck it up just like Dominicans are silent under their control and rampage.
Now note that there is no guarantee that these guys have a job tomorrow -they could get hurt, not selected etc.Some of them have families and commitments.
Buy it is no surprise that Nanthan would speak like a high roller in Las Vegas. I Remember Skerrit asking whether Dominicans expect him to eat bakes and salt fish when he goes out on trips. Now the average man in Dominica cannot afford salt fish at $14 a pund but Skerrit thinks that salt fish is beneath him.
This kind of talk from Nanthan and Skerrit is an indication of who they have become.
It’s only a person like L. Mano that would come up with that sort of comment against successful Sammy, he better go and sell his pass port and save their millions
I don’t support Nanthan, for various reasons, but this time I support him. Sammy has grown to big for his pants. Sammy has forgotten how he became captain of the West Indies Team. Sammy has forgotten what the Trinidadians and the Jamacans had to say about him, they called him mediocre. Sammy has forgotten the problems he had with Gayle, Ramdim and big Bravo. Sammy forgot, the pressure Mr. Julian Hunt, a St. Lucian, as President of the WICB, had to undergo because of him, saqua engui.
There might be something in your argument Doc but honestly, you are fighting the tide.
The fact is that the West Indies, under Sammie won the world cup and it would appear that the Likes of Nanthan can take little credit for this. The fact is that Nanthan & Co. are the losers here. Let’s be real.
Sir if Sammy did not come out with the truth, we would all be in the dark. The team made us proud – so proud! We now realize that you and the WICB like a dead ball – useless. Did you even take the time to out to congratulate Sammy for his calm humble leadership of the team? Just humble yourself and congratulate him. At least Cameron is trying by asking the team to dialogue, what you are doing now is rogue. Take a page from Sammy and humble yourself – it will only do you good.
Cricket in Dominica is in shambles. Nanton has been President for how many Years? Next DCA elections, he will still be President, not because of performance but …………… Mark my words.
The players are genuinely earning their money through hard work, training,, playing on-the-field, in-the-hot sun. They do not have the power, status, rank , to earn money otherwise. The WI players can’t earn their living by selling passports, selling their sovereignty, selling their country to mafia and those with plenty, plenty money, but through their skills playing cricket Just one serious injury in their engagements playing, could cripple anyone of them for life.
Certainly the WICB has not been doing a good job at management of our cricket., to the point that recommendations by 3 separate bodies, appointed by the Board itself to look into governance etc, have not been implemented, for years.
Now, Tony Astaphan has been hired to give legal advise to the WICB? Thanks to ..
Mano, go and concentrate on your passport selling business, you do that anyway. You give as much attention to the development of West Indies cricket as your pal does to the development of Dominica. Your own interests and pockets always coming first. That WICB job is just an ego trip for you.
Did someone say passports?
Nanton needs to shut up and take responsibility for the board’s nasty behaviour towards WI team.
You hit the nail on the head
There is no way Mano and the board can win this one. As long as the players give us entertaining cricket, pride and dignity, the public will ALWAYS side with them, as opposed to some fat cat bureaucrats somewhere, of questionable ability.
Wrong fight, wrong time. Not after such a historic victory. The board is digging it’s own grave.
Boooooobooooo A guilty conscience has no excuse…… Shame on you
Champion champion West Indies a champion put his picture online so the world can see is nanthan who killing our cricket
Is that the same Delvin Castro. One of you Delvin Castro chsracters forget to remember that Nanthan is a LABORITE.
He not good for cricket but he good for passport and Malaysia and My Dominica Trade House.
Don’t you worry Mr Nathan one day it will be no more . Stop running the WICB broad like a political bucksaw. The truth has offend your broad. Go and clean up the mess. We stand firm with Sammy.
Tell Nanthan to grow up…… This is an immature and backward board…. The board is hopeless…. This board is the worst cricket board in the world…. Sammy was right to blast then……. Let the world know about them……
Nanthan needs to blast himself and tell Cameron off cause the guys are champions……
100% support to the players… Who cares about this immature board. The fees they gave to the players are do small, one team member gave it to charity….
Cameron and Nanthan.. Waste of time……
Oh shut up Nanton
The WICB MUST GO!!
Why don’t the WICB go play cricket then? Man have to struggle so much to win a game whilst you all sit in your offices playing dictators to the players. stupesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
I will pick the players side any day. They are the ones working hard, training, facing the 90 mph ball leaving thier families, and making cricket cricket. Cricket can and will be played without a board but there is no board if there are no cricketers. Mano destroy ……. Dominica cricket. How he in charge of west Indies cricket is besides me. Seems like you have to be loud and empty to get somewhere. The fact is these guys are professional players and unless the wicb dont own the team with contract terms that include tine on team like major sports franchise the pull of money in IPL will forever be strong. Only natural. The current structure is outdated and has not adjusted with the change in time, hence all the problems. WICB needs restructuring simply as that.
THE man has millions he can buy any position
what sammy sat is true people like Nanthan is doing nothing but just seating on his behind. not doing nothing to push our own cricketers, stupid man.
and what about our own local cricketers? why isnt nanthan et al pushing for better sporting facilities. Not 1 dominican on the team.
Nathan grow some testicular fortitude,you and the rest of the board are incompetent,Sammy spoke the truth,Sammy and the team brought back some pride to our young people,am with everyone else,wicb needs to be flushed down the toilet.