West Indies unaware of reports

No Affiliate application from British Virgin Islands

Cricinfo staff

May 12, 2008

There has been no application by the British Virgin Islands for Affiliate membership of the ICC, despite some reports to that effect.

"At its own expense, BVI atteneded the recent ICC Americas forum in Grand Cayman in order to find out more about the ICC Development Program and its member countries' activities," an ICC spokesman told Cricinfo.

"BVI has indicated to ICC regional staff that it may possibly be interested in applying for individual membership of the ICC and has asked about the process if it did decide to take this path.

"ICC regional staff have referred BVI back to the West Indies Cricket Board and advised that, like Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey before (which had ECB alignments), to become an individual member of ICC, BVI would need to cut all formal ties with WICB / its affiliates and any such application would need the support of WI as the region's Full Member.

"If BVI wanted to be considered for membership of the ICC at 2009 Annual Conference, it would need to apply by 31 December 2008."

A spokesman for the WICB said that while an informal question had been put to the board, nothing more than that had happened at this stage. "BVI is part of Leewards," he said. "We can't change that without acceptance at an AGM and changes to our articles."

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