Mitchell praises WI’s triple win
ST GEORGE’S – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has praised the twin triumph by the West Indies men’s and women’s teams at the Twenty20 World Cup in India, and has pledged Caricom’s continued commitment to improvingthe standard of governancein the sport regionally.
Mitchell, the veteran leader who chairs CARICOM’s subcommittee on cricket governance, said despite the “daunting adversities on and off the field”, both teams had maintained their focus and displayed the skill and composure to pull off “the most memorable victories in West Indies cricketing history, and indeed the most memorable in recent times”.
“It is with exhilarating pride that I extend the heartiest congratulations, on behalf of the government and people of Grenada, as well as all the CARICOM prime ministers, to our region’s cricketers,” Mitchell said in a statement.
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