Griffith to stand down

Teddy Griffith: standing down © Getty Images

Teddy Griffith, the president of the West Indies Cricket Board, has announced that he will not seek a second term when the office comes up for re-election during the AGM in July.

Griffith, 69, said that his decision came as a result of personal and family considerations which would not allow him to commit the energy and resources required to fulfil the role through the two year period to the World Cup in 2007.

He also advised the member boards that he had been particularly conscious of the rigorous and demanding schedule that would be required of the president over the next two years in discharging the onerous responsibilities and travel schedule required to fulfil obligations to the WICB, the ICC (where he serves as the director representing the West Indies), as a member of the ICC Governance and Audit Committees, and to the board of the World Cup.

A new president will be elected at the WICB's AGM on July 16 in St Maarten. Ahead of the meeting, WICB directors will attempt to find a consensus candidate. If competing candidates emerge, the six territorial boards that make up the WICB will cast two votes each. Griffith, as outgoing president, and Val Banks, the vice-president, also have one vote each.

The website caribbeancricket.com reported that there was a proposal that the roles of CEO and president be merged. If so, that would probably lead to the removal of Roger Braithwaite, the existing CEO.