60 November 2016 - Business View Caribbean
1900, with a match between teams from Great Britain
and France. “All full members have to be in agreement,”
he says. “We’re discussing the pros and the cons and
how it might interfere with our own annual event. Will
it dilute what we have? Then, there are conditions that
the IOC has laid down that we have to evaluate as to
whether or not it’s worthwhile going forward.”
Meanwhile, there are several other, more local, items
on the WIBC’s agenda. “Cricket is played during the
day, traditionally,” Muirhead states. “We’re looking to
play the longer form of the game: day/night. In other
words, we would start in the evening and go to eight
or nine at night. This is to facilitate our fans because
the fan base is dwindling for the longer format of the
game, although it’s increasing for the very short form
of the game. So we are looking to introduce day/night
cricket.”
