Former West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt  has as  reported  on  Irie  Fm  just  over  a  week  ago   confirmed  his  intention  to challenge Dave Cameron for the position of  Cricket  West  Indies   president.

The  62  year  old  Skerritt  the  current   president of the St Vincent & the Grenadines Cricket Association, was  a Cabinet Minister and Senator in the national assembly of St Kitts and Nevis and has also served as minister of tourism.

Skerrit  who  currently  sits  on the  Cricket  West  Indies  Board  will  be  running  alongside Dr Kishore Shallow, who  is  also  a director  of  cricket  west  indies  who  will  be  running   for the role of vice-president.

Their nominations were supported by the Leeward Islands Cricket Board and Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board.

Skerritt and shallow have confirmed that they will propose a six-year term limit on the presidency.

Incumbent  Dave  Cameron  will  be  seeking  a  4th  consecutive  term  when  the  elections  are  held  on  March  24  here  in  Jamaica at  the  Annual  General  meeting  of  the  board.

Cameron was first elected president of the West Indies Cricket Board in 2013, defeating then incumbent president Julian Hunte 7-5.