Cricket West Indies (CWI) presidential hopeful Ricky Skerritt insists the running of the regional game cannot be a "one-man show".
The former West Indies manager spoke to Guardian Media Sports while in T&T for the Carnival celebrations, criticising the management of West Indies cricket by its administrators.
With the CWI elections taking place on March 24 in Jamaica, the former West Indies team manager hit out at the way the board is governed under current president Dave Cameron.
He said, "This cannot be a one-man show, and unfortunately he has been operating de facto. My concern is that well-paid professionals need to be allowed to do what they’ve been brought on board to do and they shouldn’t be micromanaged by a president."
While Skerritt and his running partner, Dr Kishore Shallow, president of St Vincent & the Grenadines Cricket Association, were not allowed to present their vision to the boards of Barbados, Guyana and the Windward Islands, they remain hopeful of a vote from the three territories.
Skerritt, who is a former secretary of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, wants to create an environment and an organisation that can produce good quality, young cricketers, a better relationship with the stakeholders in the Caribbean game and provide an ear to all the stakeholders in West Indies cricket "so that we can have a sustainable sense of achievement".
Regional heads of governments have come head-to-head with Cameron over his running of the board. The former government minister in St Kitts and Nevis said that Caribbean leaders have a great interest in the game and that is what is common to each member.
However, he was adamant his campaign is not about the faults of Cameron but what we can do better that is not being done to achieve sustainability in success and not just occasional wins.