KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC:
WEST INDIES team sponsors Digicel have expressed their "deep concern and disappointment" over circulated reports purporting to reveal details of the Lucky Commission report.
"We feel that release of such unofficial reviews and leaked information does not serve the best interest of West Indies cricket or the objectives of the WICB Sponsorship Review Committee in helping to move forward West Indies cricket in a positive manner," Ben Atherton, Digicel's group marketing director, said in a release yesterday.
COOPERATED
"We have cooperated to the fullest extent with the Sponsorship Review Committee's initiative established by the WICB and respectfully await the official review of the WICB Sponsorship Review Committee report by the president of the WICB, Ken Gordon, and the full board of the WICB."
The WICB recently appointed a Sponsorship Negotiations Review Committee headed by Justice Anthony Lucky and comprising Avondale Thomas and Gregory Georges, to review all aspects of the negotiations which led to the conclusion of its sponsorship arrangements with Cable and Wireless and its acceptance of a sponsorship agreement with Digicel.
Justice Lucky recently handed over the report to the WICB but ever since, reports have circulated over the details of the report.
"Digicel entered its sponsorship contract with the WICB in good faith with a view to encouraging a return of WI cricket to its true potential," Atherton said.
"We are committed to helping West Indies cricket move forward in a positive manner, a development which will be welcomed by all parties and we continue to offer our support to both the WICB and WIPA."
