Fast bowling great Michael Holding has alleged that Cricket West Indies to misuse over half a million US dollars donated to them by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The West Indian pacer speaks how the money donated by BCCI was supposed to help retired players. However, he shares that the Caribbean players haven’t received the money. These are some serious allegations raised by the West Indian bowing great against the  Cricket governing body in the West Indies.

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Speaking during a YouTube show, Holding displayed the audit report of Pannell Kerr Foster (PKF) and touched upon the donation West Indies Cricket received from  BCCI.

“Way back in 2013-2014, the BCCI donated half a million US dollars specifically to go to past players. I am a past player, not that I want any of it but I know a lot of past players, I have never heard that not even one cent out of that half a million going to any past player. I am absolutely sure if they (CWI) had done that, they would have made a big hullabaloo about it. Where is that half a million dollars? I will tell the viewers very soon,” Holding said.

The 66 years old questioned why it has not gone public. He speaks with the audit report in his hands suggesting how angrier he gets when he reads the report again.

“Former President to Prime Ministers (of various islands) have been calling for the forensic reports over the governance of cricket in the Caribbean. The current regime did not do a forensic audit, but they did an audit. They had the report in January but never released it. The 60-page report does not look good. It is a damning and harsh report. I want to delve into it,” said Holding.

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Holding shares his ideology suggesting how Cricket West Indies (CWI) should make their audit report accessible to the public. “They can claim confidentiality if they are a private company. You cannot claim to be a private company if you have public shareholders. The share-holders of CWI are six regional boards. They are hiding behind a clause to not release the report.”