Dave Cameron removed as Cricket West Indies president as controversial reign ends

Ricky Skerritt wins ballot by eight votes to four to succeed the 47-year-old, who was unpopular among swathes of current and former players following an ill-fated six-year tenure

Dave Cameron’s reign of terror as Cricket West Indies president has finally ended after Ricky Skerritt won a secret vote to succeed the 47-year-old.

A ballot of the six territorial boards, who had two votes each, saw the 62-year-old prevail by eight to four.

Kishore Shallow will also replace Emmanuel Nanthan as vice-president after winning a vote by the same margin.

"I am humbled and deeply honoured to be elected as President. We pledge to work for improvement on and off the field for West Indies Cricket," Skerritt said after the election.

Though West Indies have enjoyed some success on the field, it will be Cameron's mismanagement of senior players which will act as his legacy.

Cameron has taken credit for the two World T20 titles won by the men's senior team 2012 - during his role solely as director - and 2016, as well as the women's World T20 and Under-19 World Cup double.

He said: "Under this team, we made significant strides and you trusted us to safeguard the region’s most valuable asset. The tenure was rewarding and full of challenges and we feel proud we have managed to take the cricket to this level."

But his relationship with several players has been fractious and led to the abandoned tour of India in 2014 over a pay dispute, which signaled the end of Dwayne Bravo's international career.

Darren Bravo meanwhile labelled Cameron "a bully" and wrote on Twitter that he was a "big idiot" amid a row over player contracts, leading to a spell of over two years out of the reckoning.

^{The Windies scooped several major honours during Cameron's tenure - including the World T20 title in 2016}

On the eve of the new vote, CWI were forced to pay out $300,000 in damages to former coach Phil Simmons after his unfair dismal in 2016.

The decision to replace Stuart Law with interim coach Richard Pybus until after the upcoming World Cup has also proven unpopular.

Among the features of Skerritt's manifesto was a pledge to reduce the maximum term for any president to six years, but it was Sir Vivian Richards' ringing endorsement which could have made the difference.