ST JOHN’S, An­tigua – The Lee­ward Is­lands Crick­et Board (LICB) has made sweep­ing changes to its gov­er­nance frame­work, in­clud­ing ex­tend­ing the term lim­its for its pres­i­dent and vice-pres­i­dent from two years to three years.

The move fol­lows that of Crick­et West In­dies (CWI), which in Feb­ru­ary ex­tend­ed the term lim­its for its pres­i­dent and vice-pres­i­dent from two to three years.

Ad­di­tion­al­ly, the LICB has al­so man­dat­ed that no in­di­vid­ual may serve as pres­i­dent for more than two con­sec­u­tive terms.

“This ad­just­ment fos­ters lead­er­ship re­new­al while en­sur­ing sta­bil­i­ty and sus­tained strate­gic di­rec­tion with­in the or­gan­i­sa­tion,” the LICB said in a state­ment.

The changes come amidst the LICB’s move to mod­ernise its gov­er­nance frame­work with the first re­vi­sion of its Mem­o­ran­dum and Ar­ti­cles of As­so­ci­a­tion since 2015.

“This strate­gic ad­vance­ment is the re­sult of a metic­u­lous re­view process led by a ded­i­cat­ed sub­com­mit­tee and sup­port­ed by a re­tained le­gal ad­vi­so­ry firm,” the state­ment added.

“Fol­low­ing rig­or­ous de­lib­er­a­tions, the LICB Board ap­proved the re­fined doc­u­ment, and its Mem­ber Ter­ri­to­ries for­mal­ly rat­i­fied the amend­ments at an Ex­tra­or­di­nary Gen­er­al Meet­ing held on March 31, 2025.”

The up­dat­ed Mem­o­ran­dum and Ar­ti­cles of As­so­ci­a­tion in­tro­duce key gov­er­nance en­hance­ments that for­ti­fy de­ci­sion-mak­ing in­tegri­ty, broad­en rep­re­sen­ta­tion, and re­in­force best prac­tices in lead­er­ship tenure.

Ad­di­tion­al­ly, the LICB has al­so es­tab­lished the role of an In­de­pen­dent Di­rec­tor, who will re­main un­af­fil­i­at­ed with any ter­ri­to­r­i­al board and is not re­quired to re­side with­in the Lee­ward Is­lands.

“Their pres­ence will en­sure com­plete ob­jec­tiv­i­ty in LICB’s gov­er­nance, re­in­forc­ing pro­fes­sion­al­ism and in­de­pen­dence in de­ci­sion-mak­ing process­es,” the LICB stat­ed.

To strength­en eq­ui­table ter­ri­to­r­i­al rep­re­sen­ta­tion, each Mem­ber Ter­ri­to­ry will now des­ig­nate a rep­re­sen­ta­tive – dis­tinct from the ap­point­ed LICB Di­rec­tor – to at­tend and par­tic­i­pate in gen­er­al meet­ings.

The mea­sure guar­an­tees that all ter­ri­to­ries have a voice in LICB’s gov­er­nance, en­hanc­ing de­mo­c­ra­t­ic en­gage­ment and re­gion­al in­clu­siv­i­ty.

LICB pres­i­dent Enoch Lewis said the de­ci­sions were made to el­e­vate its op­er­a­tions to “world class stan­dards”.

“The LICB is stead­fast in its mis­sion to el­e­vate crick­et ad­min­is­tra­tion to world-class stan­dards.

“These re­forms ex­em­pli­fy our ded­i­ca­tion to prin­ci­pled lead­er­ship, in­clu­siv­i­ty, and ac­count­abil­i­ty, en­sur­ing that our crick­et­ing in­sti­tu­tions re­main ro­bust and for­ward-think­ing. The changes will en­able us to lead with clar­i­ty and uni­ty as we strive for ex­cel­lence in the sport,” Lewis said.

“With these gov­er­nance en­hance­ments now in ef­fect, LICB so­lid­i­fies its role as a pi­o­neer­ing re­gion­al crick­et board, set­ting a prece­dent for lead­er­ship, trans­paren­cy, and eq­ui­table rep­re­sen­ta­tion in crick­et ad­min­is­tra­tion.”

CMC