Cameron says WICB investigating circumstances relating to Roach’s shoulder injury
From WICRICNEWS
West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron has revealed that the circumstances surrounding the premature return home of key fast bowler Kemar Roach from the ill-fated tour of India because of a shoulder injury are being investigated.
Furthermore, Cameron, a 42-year-old Jamaican businessman who was elected as WICB president eight months ago, said he only knew of the injury after Roach was “sent back”.
Speaking in a frank, wide-ranging interview on the popular talk show Mid Wicket, The Real Cricket Show, on the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio station 100.7 FM, Cameron told moderator Keith Holder that “responsibility and accountability” were vital in West Indies cricket…
There were no reports from the WICB on his injury until he missed the opening Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata which West Indies lost by an innings and 51 runs inside three days. The WICB dramatically announced in a Press release on November 9 – one day after that defeat – that Roach would be returning home for “ongoing management and subsequent physical rehabilitation”.
In the release, West Indies team physiotherapist CJ Clarke described Roach’s injury as “uncommon among cricketers”…
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