As he enters his third term as president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), Conde Riley has conceded that the Covid-19 pandemic remains an area of great concern but he remains optimistic of a significant increase in the number of fully vaccinated persons to have Competitions in 2022.Riley, who boasts of having served on the BCA Board of Management for roughly two-and-a-half decades, was elected unopposed at the just concluded 19th Special Meeting.Due to the pandemic, this season was the first time in 76 years that no BCA Competitions were played.1945 had been the last year that not a ball was bowled in any BCA Competitions because of an unavailability of balls.
Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Conde Riley was re-elected unopposed and will serve a third consecutive term while former Barbados chairman of selectors, Henderson Wallace, is the new face added to the board after elections took place last night virtually.While Riley and BCA secretary Gregory Nicholls returned unopposed, there has been a change to the directors as Timothy Boyce who served in that capacity for 14 consecutive years lost his seat on the BCA board of directors having been edged out by Wallace, 23-18. Veteran board member Winston Stafford tallied 27 and Roland Butcher 24 received the most votes for the available three positions.During an interview with Barbados Today on his re-election as president, Riley said, “I was unopposed so that in itself was confidence that we were going in the right direction. We have a lot of work coming up in 2022 with the five ODIs (One Day International), the three regional games and then the Test match and the possibility of an
High praise
Article by February 15, 2021
The magnificent 2-0 Test series win against Bangladesh in Dhaka has warmed the hearts of many former West Indian cricketing stalwarts who believe that this recent performance should not be taken for granted and ought to be built upon.
Former Barbados and West Indies opener Cammie Smith who is currently the third oldest living West Indian Test cricketer at age 87, told
Barbados TODAY it was a fantastic victory. He also noted that it showed when West Indies cricketers apply themselves and work hard, success was always possible.
“They now have to build and think of what they have to do. They have to be thinking all the time, you just can’t play just for the sake of playing. They have to understand, read the game and understand how the game is going. What you are supposed to do when you go slow, when you go quickly. It is a thinking game.