Rowley against lone WI selector method

Former chairman of CARICOM’s Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket, Dr Keith Rowley says he is strongly against Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) decision to appoint West Indies head coach Daren Sammy as the chief selector.

While making it clear that he was not speaking on behalf of CARICOM, the former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister said he saw no benefits in one man being chief cook and bottle washer.

The 41-year-old Sammy was appointed all-format head coach of the West Indies team in April after taking over the Test team from Andre Coley.

He was also given the responsibilities of chief selector of the respective teams.

However, Rowley said he believed such a decision was not in the best interest of West Indies cricket.

“Personally, I have a problem with one man picking the West Indies team,” Dr Rowley said during a recent interview on Isports on i95.5 FM.

“I used to be in a Cabinet with Patrick Manning and there were times we’d have serious decisions to make, and initially you’d look to the Prime Minister to make a decision whereas he is ultimately responsible for the government.

“And many times, he would call us together and have a discussion and there would be differences of opinion and different people would say different things and then we would come to a decision, and he used to say, ‘When we put our heads together, we get it right’. and I’d like to recommend that to West Indies cricket.” (CMC)