Patterson report remains unimplemented

PJ Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, submitted a report on West Indies cricket to the WICB in 2007, but he feels the board has not utilized the suggestions given by him and his colleagues in the report. In CaribbeanCricket, Patterson writes on how the board missed a chance to help build a great future for cricket in the West Indies.

We were forewarned, in the light of previous reports which lay buried, that our efforts would bear no fruit. Little did we realize that decisions on the most vital aspects would be taken, kept secret for a considerable period and then eventually obscured under the guise that approximately 47 of our 65 recommendations had been approved.

None of us was so beset with the sin of arrogance to believe that recommendations in our Report were “edicts or directives”, but we dared to hope that the “strong suggestions” we made, grounded on a process of full consultation, would have merited careful and serious consideration in charting the path for the early recovery and future growth of West Indian cricket.