|| CF Correspondent ||

Former West Indian great, Michael Holding, has lambasted Cricket West Indies (CWI) and has alleged that the board has misappropriated funds close to half-a-million dollars donated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

"Way back in 2013-14, the BCCI donated half-a-million US dollars to the West Indies Cricket Board specifically to go to past players. Now, I'm a past player but I'm not saying I want any of it but I know a lot of past players. I have never heard of one cent out of that half a million US dollars going to any past player. I'm absolutely sure that if they had done that, they would have done a big hullabaloo about it, and made a big press conference. Where is that half a million dollars"? Holding questioned while also adding that he would reveal more about this in the next episode of the podcast.

The legendary pacer was talking on a Youtube show named "Mikey - Holding Nothing Back" hosted by Asif Khan and revealed the audited report of Pannell Kerr Foster (PKF), on the governance of the game in the Caribbean Islands.

Holding also refused to buy the theory that confidential reports would not need to be made public by the CWI. "They can claim confidentiality if they are a private company. You cannot claim to be a private company if you have public share-holders. The share-holders of CWI are six regional boards. They are hiding behind a clause to not release the report," he added.

CWI president, Ricky Skerritt, refused accusations that the board was trying to hold back on the report.