Prime Min­is­ter Patrick Man­ning has once more demon­strat­ed his gov­ern­ment's dis­re­gard for sport. He has called the gen­er­al elec­tion for May 24 when the T20 World Cup starts on April 30, and more so when the West In­dies is sched­uled to play South Africa on May 19 and 20 in T20 match­es, and May 23 and 25 in ODI match­es.

The Prime Min­is­ter has sure­ly robbed us of the op­por­tu­ni­ty to see these match­es as they most like­ly will have to be moved to an­oth­er ter­ri­to­ry due to the elec­tions. With this bla­tant dis­re­gard for crick­et by not bid­ding for T20 games, as well as the in­sen­si­tive elec­tion date, is the state of WI crick­et any sur­prise?

Manohar Ram­saran

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