Board may ban glass bottles at grounds (27 April 1999)

27 April 1999

Board may ban glass bottles at grounds

The Barbados Nation

A ban on glass bottles at cricket grounds is among measures being contemplated by the West Indies Cricket Board after Sunday's bottle-throwing incident at Kensington Oval.

Chief executive officer Stephen Camacho described the incident as part of a very sad chapter in West Indies Cricket that had marred an extremely successful tour.

Camacho said the missile-throwing was particularly disappointing because it came only a few days after the regional outcry against crowd invasions at Bourda, Guyana.

He added that the WICB would be discussing measures to avoid repetition of the incidents and reiterated that security would be a key agenda item for the next board meeting in May.

Some of the measures already raised were high fences, public education and only allowing the use of plastic bottles at all grounds.

Camacho added that the public should realise that the two back-toback incidents in Guyana and Barbados had caused immeasurable world-wide damage to the reputation of West Indies cricket.

He said that while the particular issue had been resolved in the short term by the Australians allowing Sherwin Campbell to be reinstated, this precedent could have far reaching repercussions in the future.

The board would be seeking ways of ensuring that the course of future matches was not influenced by the wishes of the crowd.

Camacho said that on the field of play the umpire's decision was final and there were avenuesoff the field for lodging protests and complaints.

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