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by Michael Bascombe
 
Veteran
West Indies cricket commentator Joseph “Reds” Perreira wants
the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to upgrade the status of Gus
Logie as the acting coach, although he is in a temporary position.
Logie
step up from the assistant position to take over the coaching role
after Australian Bennett King, who was appointed by the WICB,
turned down the job.
“But
I think he is in a weak position because he has not been given the
same kind of status in this acting capacity that he needs, and
that people like Roger Harper had. Roger Harper had a vote; the
late Malcolm Marshall had a vote and probably got an input into a
lot of things concerning the team.”
“Right
now I don’t think Logie has an input into the batting order for
example,” Perreira said in an exclusive interview with
GrenadaSports.
He
said this could be hampering Logie’s effective functioning as
the acting coach and calls on the WICB to upgrade his status.
“I
don’t think there’s any international side in the world where
they have a coach who has no real status and this isn’t going to
help Logie carry out his work as West Indies coach.
In
the meantime, I don’t think it’s good for West Indies cricket
or Gus Logie who has had a very good track record working with
younger West Indies teams to be caught in this position where he
has no real status.
I
think the West Indies Board should look at this and maybe review
and in the interim give Logie upgraded status.”
Logie’s
Test career spanned between 1983 and 1991 and included 52 matches
with a batting average of 35.79.
He
has also coached West Indies Under-15, Under-19, ‘A’, ‘B’
and also the West Indies women’s team and Canada in the 2003
World Cup.
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