By Sigismond Nicol
The Chairman of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA), Francis Trevor Samura, has joined a list of elite figures from all walks of life to sign the Book of Condolence opened to mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and to reflect on the existing ties between the SLCA and the office of the British High Commissioner, by extension the UK.
In a statement to the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney, Chairman Samura says the Board and Membership of the SLCA is equally bereaved as the death of the Queen is not only a loss to the British people, the British Royal Family, but also one to the Commonwealth Nations of which Sierra Leone is a member Sierra Leone Cricket Association to precise.
“HM Queen Elizabeth II will be remembered for her deep sense of resilience, caring, duty, humor and Kindness. She was a beacon of morality, lived through times of extraordinary change.
Her lifelong and unwavering dedication to duty and service to humanity during her 70years in leading were self-evident. She break history, lived history, and made history,” he tells the British Envoy, asking her in solemn remarks to convey his condolences to the British Royal Family and to the British people.
In the run up to the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee early this year, SLCA met with Madam Chesney to strengthen bonds between the two entities and to familiarize the Envoy with the inner-workings of SLCA. That engagement also covered discussion around the Sussex Cricket Project, the Fourah Bay College Cricket Project, school cricket, women’s cricket, and the need for standard equipment.
In 2019, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), a sport entity from England, visited the country and participated in a two-week long cricket festival. The aim was to consolidate the bond that exists between the two countries in the area of cricket.
