WHITE Horses Councillor Hubert Williams, who warned on Thursday that the parish is failing an entire generation of young players by neglecting the development of the sport, says cricket in St Thomas is being allowed to “drift on autopilot”.

Williams made the remarks during Thursday’s monthly meeting of the St Thomas Municipal Corporation during which a debate unfolded over the deteriorating state of cricket infrastructure, the loss of organised competitions, and uncertainty about which government agency now bears responsibility for developing the game in the parish.

The councillor, himself a supporter and contributor to cricket in St Thomas, argued that the sport had steadily declined over the past several years due to what he describes as poor investment and a lack of long-term planning.