Lack of crowds is because team is doing poorly: Whycliffe Cameron

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president, Whycliffe Cameron believes that his team’s current performance will have an impact on the number of people turning out for the Test matches. West Indies is one down in the series after the first two Test matches. They had drawn the Test match which looked well in the grasp of the visitors, thanks to Roston Chase who scored a century and bagged a five-for.

“As the West Indies Cricket Board, we need to do a lot more in terms of entertaining people on the ground,” Cameron said. “Right now, a lot needs to be done. We need to have Wi-Fi on the grounds, we need to be able to cater for children in a better way.”

He expressed his views on what could be done to draw spectators back to the stadiums. “Cricket, especially Test matches, is an entire day experience. Parents want to be able to take their kids to the cricket, to be able to enjoy the cricket, and not be too mindful that their kids are going to drop off a chair.

“So I think there’s a lot that we can do, in terms of ‘sportainment‘, to ensure that the fans come out to the game and not just sit at home and watch the game.”

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He said the lack of spectators is not because of the lack of interest. “A lot of people, fans out there, are interested in what is going on. So it’s not that the game is dead, it’s how do you get eyes coming into the ground and watching it versus those who are watching on social media or on television,” he added.

“Part of why we don’t have as much crowds today is the team is not the best team, and when I say the best team, meaning we’re not winning at this point in time. But, that said, I can assure you, based on our Professional Cricket League [the regional first-class competition] and where we’re at right now in terms of development, in another year or so we’ll see people coming back to watch Test cricket,” he concluded.

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