GEORGETOWN-Long-serving Guyana Cricket Board president Chetram Singh has announced he will quit when his term ends next month, ending nearly two decades of control of local cricket. Singh, also a West Indies Cricket Board director, has been head of the local governing body for cricket for the last 19 years, and confirmed Wednesday he would not stand for re-election.
His departure opens a three-way race between ex-GCB secretary Bish Panday, vice-president Bissoon Singh and marketing manager Ramsay Ali for the top post. In recent years, Singh has was forced to deal with serious internal wrangling in the GCB. He was expected to step down last year but was encouraged to stay on because of the region's hosting of the World Twenty20 Championship, and subsequently defeated Panday in GCB elections.
Singh has been troubled by ill-health this year and was forced to seek medical assistance in the United States. (CMC)