DAVE Cameron may have been a polarising figure in regional cricket but former former Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves says the sport in the region was better governed under the Jamaican’s watch. Gonsalves says he regrets backing current Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Dr Kishore Shallow.

Shallow has served as CWI president since March 2023 and is expected to demit office in 2028 after announcing he wouldn’t be seeking re-election. The Vincentian would have spent close to a decade on the CWI executive, having first served as vice-president in 2019 under then president Ricky Skerritt who defeated Cameron who served for six years.

Over the last two years, former Caricom cricket subcommittee chairman Gonsalves has been a strong critic of Shallow and the CWI board including calling for his resignation due to the state of the West Indies men’s team, particularly after last summer’s test defeat to Australia. Gonsalves also argued that Shallow should have stepped aside immediately after winning a seat in St Vincent and the Grenadines’ general election and later being appointed Tourism Minister.