Murray not interested in WICB top job

EX-WEST INDIES wicketkeeper Deryck Murray has not given any thought to assuming the position of president of the West Indies Cricket Board.

And he said he was “flattered at remarks made by former Sports Minister Manohar Ramsaran, with respect to my eligibility to become the president of the West Indies Cricket Board.” “To say the least I was also amused, as I have not yet considered the possibility of filling that position as it is far removed  from my mind.” Murray was responding  to Ramsaran’s  comments made last week during an interview with the MEDI and he noted,  “When I saw the interview on television I began to laugh as I do not think that at the present moment that is on my agenda. “Maybe that will be my focus at some point down the road but not at the moment,” he said.

Murray said  he played cricket at international level for West Indies and he enjoyed what he did on and off the field as a player. But he said: “To head the WICB at this time is not on my books.” Murray said his major concern at the present time was the fact that Trinidad and Tobago should be rebuilding their cricket to get back at the top in regional cricket, and “that was my major aim in accepting the position of Director of Cricket Development for the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Development Centre, at Balmain, Couva. He said he was impressed with Powergen’s involvement in sponsoring the cricket academy for 18 young players who graduated last month after being exposed to mental and physical preparedness for a one-year period. Murray expressed the  hope that the young players who took the course would be better equipped to play a major role in helping the country get back to the top rung of  the region’s cricket ladder in a short space of time.