Former  West  Indies  team  manager  Ricky  Skerritt  and  St  Vincent and  the  Grenadines  Cricket  Association  President  Dr. Kishore  shallow  are  waking  up  this  morning a s  the  new  president  and  vice-president  of  Cricket  West  Indies.

They  were  elevated  to  the  positions  yesterday  at  the  annual  general  meeting  of  the  board  where  they  beat  incumbents  Dave  Cameron  and  Emmanuel  Nathan  8-4  in the  vote.

Skerritt who is a Former Minister of Sports and Tourism in St Kitts and Nevis and shallow, takes up office for the next two years as they denied Cameron and Nathan a fourth -consecutive term.

Skerritt expressed surprise at the margin of victory, as the election was expected to be a close battle.

However   one of the two representatives from Trinidad raised a motion to conduct the voting through a secret ballot…….. it received majority support, thus deepening the mystery over who exactly voted for Cameron or Skeritt.

Skerritt  believes  the  endorsement  from  the  former players  including  Andy  Roberts  and  Clive  Lloyd played   a  big  role  in  his  election  success

Newly elected cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt.

It is  reported  that  the  windward  islands  voted  against  Cameron  after giving  him  their  word  that  he  had  their  vote.