``They're All To Blame'', says Lloyd (23 April 1999)

23 April 1999

"They're All To Blame", says Lloyd

Haydn Gill in Georgetown

Clive Lloyd is faulting all the officials for the pandemonium that broke out in Wednesday's frenetic finish to the 5th Cable & Wireless Limited-Overs International between West Indies and Australia.

Lloyd, the West Indies manager, targeted police, security officials, and scoreboard attendants among those to contribute to the confusion.

"All the officials have got to be blamed, the whole lot. The place was just packed. It was total chaos and I'm very disappointed with the Guyanese," he told WEEKENDSPORT yesterday.

"It's lovely to see so many people watching the game and enthusiastic, but when it's going to get to a stage when people are going to get injured, it's unfortunate."

Lloyd and Australian captain Steve Waugh agreed that security needed to be beefed up in light of frequent invasions at Caribbean grounds these days.

Lloyd raised the possibility of erecting fences; Waugh touched on the presence of dogs, as is the case in South Africa and both were in favour of some sort of legislation that could lead to fines or ejections.

"We cannot continue in this manner. We don't know who is coming out there, the fella might be full of drinks," Lloyd said.

"The only thing to do is to have the correct protection and some law has got to be made concerning running on the ground."

Source :: The Barbados Nation (https://www.nationnews.com/)