Dr Gonzalves, the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, had written to the ICC asking for a meeting with the world cricket body during the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in England from April 18 to20.
Guardian Media obtained a letter sent by the ICC to Dr Gonzalves and copied to the Prime Ministers of Barbados Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley, in which they clearly state that they will not meet with the Sub-Committee unless Cameron is present.
“I refer to your letter dated 14 March 2018, addressed to the ICC Chairman, Mr Manohar. He has requested me to reply on his behalf. Mr Manohar is amenable to a meeting with the PMSC at a convenient date but since Cricket West Indies is our Member, he is firmly of the view that the meeting should not take place without the attendance of the Chairman of the Cricket West Indies Board, Mr Cameron,” said Chief Executive of ICC, Dave Richardson, who was responding on behalf of the chairman of the ICC Shashank Manohar.
“The ICC offices are located in Dubai and Mr Manohar is based in Nagpur, India. Your proposal to meet in London during the course of your CHOGM from the 18-20 April 2018 will unfortunately not be possible, especially since we are holding our quarterly Board and Committee meetings in Kolkata from the 21-26 April. As you may be aware, the ICC is staging an ICC Women’s World T20 in the Caribbean in November this year. In the absence of an alternative, this may provide a more convenient opportunity to meet.”
Cameron is a highly respected member of the ICC and coming through Cricket West Indies (CWI) and sources close to the situation told Guardian Media that the ICC will no way snub him to meet with the Sub-committee since they want to discuss West Indies cricket and it is only fair that Cameron sits in.
