JERMAINE LANNAMAN, STAR Writer

WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president, Whycliffe 'Dave' Cameron, had the backing of the board of directors in all the decisions that were made during the India cricket tour fiasco.

So says secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Anand Sanasie.

Sanasie has come out in defence of Cameron, saying that the Jamaican has done a good job as president of the WICB, and, as such deserves another term in office.

Cameron, who is up for re-election after a two-year term in the job, is set to contest the WICB presidency early next month after nominations were received for position over the weekend.

The 44-year-old business executive, who defeated St Lucian, Dr Julian Hunte, for the position in 2013, is set to go up against former West Indies fast bowler, Joel Garner, who is also president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA).

"Mr Cameron has done well as president over the past two years, and at this point in time, the GCB is supporting Mr Dave Cameron," Sanasie told STAR Sports.

"He visited the Guyana back in December where he was guest speaker at our awards ceremony, and during that visit he had a meeting with executives of the GCB.

"He presented his plans, and outlined his achievements, and, thereafter requested that the GCB support him in the re-election process.

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"At that point in time, he was the only candidate, and the only one seeking our support, and after the meeting we gave him our support."

Sanasie, who pointed to Cameron's setting up of a professional first-class tournament, which has resulted in the permanent employment of 90 players, as one of the Jamaican legacies, also defended Cameron's handling of the players' boycott of the West Indies tour of India last year.

According to Sanasie, Cameron did little wrong, as throughout the ordeal, the actions taken were with the backing of the regional body's board of directors.

"The decisions taken concerning India were (WICB) board decisions and not that of Cameron solely. I therefore do not see that as an obstacle (regarding his re-election)," he explained.

The GCB, one of six territorial bodies who will have two votes each at the election carded for Jamaica, it is understood, nominated Cameron for re-election with the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) seconding ahead of last Saturday's nomination deadline.

Sixty-two-year-old Garner, in the meanwhile, is said to have been nominated by the BCA with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) rubberstamping.

The respective boards are also said to have nominated incumbent vice-president, and president of the WICBC, Emmanuel Nanthan as Cameron's vice-presidential partner, and TTCB director, Baldath Mahabir, as Garner's equivalent.

The WICB is yet to release an official statement as to the nominees for the various positions that will be up during the elections.

The Jamaica Cricket Association has signalled their intention to support Garner and Mahabir following a vote by its board of directors, while up to press time, the Leeward Islands Cricket Association was yet to declare their intention of support.