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The man who challenged Pat Rousseau for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) presidency last year is no longer interested in the post.

Alloy Lequay, president and chief executive officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control (TTCBC), instead suggested that Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Stephen Alleyne would be the best man suited to lead the regional cricket body.

Lequay's comments come following Saturday's dramatic resignations of Rousseau and WICB vice-president Clarvis Joseph.

I was rejected last year by members of the board. I have no reason to believe that on this occasion that they would be willing to accept me, Lequay told NATIONSPORT from his Trinidad residence yesterday.

I will give it no consideration unless and until I am satisfied that there is a unanimous agreement that I should step in and assist in stabilising the situation.

The veteran cricket administrator, who served on the WICB for close to three decades before stepping down two years ago, is to meet today with Trinidad and Tobago's WICB directors Richard deSouza and Ellis Lewis to offer guidance on procedures for filling vacancies.

Even if deSouza and Lewis were to ask him to run for the presidency, Lequay said it would take more than that to convince him.

It must be more than Trinidad being interested, said Lequay, who entered the WICB presidency race last year with the Reverend Wes Hall as his running mate.

I was rejected last year and there is nothing now to give me the assurance that there is a different thinking and that all the territorial boards will be happy with my style of leadership, added the former senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament.

He said that BCA boss Alleyne, one of three remaining members on the WICB's executive committee, would be the best man to become president.

If I had the opportunity to persuade someone, under the circumstances, Stephen is the one I will support if he was willing to accept, Lequay said.

He will be more familiar with what is happening than I would be and I feel he has the competence to do a good job.

Informed sources, however, said it was unlikely that Alleyne would go forward, given his current responsibilities as president and chief executive officer of Life and Barbados and his present commitment to Barbados' cricket.

The WICB is to hold a meeting tomorrow at which it is likely that an interim president would be appointed until the post is filled.

There was speculation last night that Guyana Cricket Board president Chetram Singh and TTCBC treasurer Richard deSouza, two members of the WICB executive committee, would be the major contenders for the post of president from those among the current board.

Both Singh and deSouza had publicly expressed opposition in the manner in which West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt was sacked.

They gained support from fellow directors at the WICB annual general meeting at the Accra Beach Hotel last Friday and Saturday and it led to the reinstatement of Skerritt and the subsequent resignations of Rousseau and Joseph.

© The Barbados Nation