22 Sports jounalists from 6 Caribbean Islands met in Trinidad for a 2 day symposium entitled "Rebuilding West Indies Cricket Glory". The symposium was used as a forum in which various Windies stakeholders met and sicussed ideas they think will best help with the revitalization of West Indies cricket.
The event is the sixth in the Thinking Sport series hosted by The Sports Desk, and was held on March 26th and 27th, and several former West Indies legends were among the facilitators, including president of the T&T Cricket Board, Deryck Murray, former West Indies opening batsmen Desmond Haynes and Bryan Davis, former 
West Indies fastbowlers Colin Croft and Tony Gray, president of the Players Association Dinanath Ramnarine and former West Indies youth captain Colin Murray.Following the symposium, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Gary Hunt is expected to present a report to the West
Indies Cricket Board to assist in the rebuilding of the game here in the region. In acknowledging his Ministry's support for the event, Minister Hunt noted that West Indies Cricket, so long a unifying force in the Caribbean, was in grave danger, having plunged from its lofty heights in the 80's into its current quagmire, leaving frustrated regional supporters searching for answers.
He said he was hopeful that the symposium will find out what went wrong and come up with solutions to address the problems.
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