WICB approves grant for CCC

The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board, approved an annual development grant for the Combined Campuses and Colleges Programme at its last meeting in Barbados. The grant, to the tune of US$50,000, is similar to what is received by the six Territorial Boards on an annual basis from the WICB for the purposes of aiding the development of cricket in the various territories. The CCC programme has become integral to the development of West Indies cricket since it was conceived in 2007. The CCC participates in the WICB senior men’s tournaments — Regional 4 Day, Super50 and Caribbean Twenty20. “The CCC programme, in a very significant way, aids us in ensuring that some of our best talents do not have to compromise their education for cricket or vice versa,” WICB President, Dr Julian Hunte said.

 

 

 “The programme has become one which is at the forefront of global cricket as successfully merging formal higher education with cricket,” Dr Hunte added. “We have seen a number of players spend time in the CCC programme and then graduate to international level or return to their regional teams where they continue to compete at a very high level, and after they would have achieved academically as well. Most notably among them is Miles Bascombe,” observed Dr Hunte.  “We have seen too the professionalism and strong competition offered by the CCC in our various tournaments where they are quickly developing into a force to be reckoned with and can no longer be treated lightly by the other regional sides,” Dr Hunte noted.