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Tony Marshall, president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), yesterday formally announced he would be standing for re-election at the association’s annual general meeting on Thursday, July 29.

The announcement of his candidacy was contained in a Press release from public relations firm JER Associates and follows that of Sir Conrad Hunte last week.

Marshall, a former Barbados director of Barclay’s Bank PLC, also held senior management positions in New York, the United States, Antigua and Belize. He is a past president of the Barbados Jaycees and also had the opportunity of managing the West Indies team during the tour by New Zealand.

He said his programme would continue to improve the quality of cricket in Barbados and, by extension the West Indies, embracing the combined elements of players, patrons, plane and technology.

Marshall cited the “sound financial results” of the association during his three years of stewardship in addition to the breaking of new ground in the areas of sponsorship, coaching, infrastructural development at Kensington Oval and organisational structure.

The BCA president said that in light of the increasingly important role of business in the development of cricket, he had sought to bring about an upgrading of the operations of the association to “a business oriented ethos” in keeping with the organisation’s longstanding Mission Statement.

Marshall said the Government had demonstrated its confidence in the association by providing substantial financial and other support.

He expressed his appreciation to West Indian cricket icons, Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Everton Weekes in particular, as well as several othercoaches, who had involved themselves voluntarily in the challenging task of propelling the association’s programme.

Similarly, the BCA also appreciated Government’s initiative in providing technical assistance to further assist a developmental thrust.

Marshall is a director of the West Indies Cricket Board Inc. and a member of the Executive Committee. He’s also chairman of the Human Resource Committee and a member of the Cricket Development Committee.