Clay Smith said he felt betrayed by his own club who hung him out to dry during Bermuda Cricket Board’s presidential election earlier this week.The ex-national team skipper went into Tuesday night’s AGM confident he had the full backing of St George’s Cricket Club who had nominated him for the top post. But in a surprising twist the East Enders placed their allegiances elsewhere to leave Smith stranded without a single vote.The former St George’s batsman struggled to find words to describe his club’s actions.“I don’t even know how to describe how I actually feel about that situation,” he said. “To see them not even vote for me has left me totally speechless.“To be quite honest it’s worst than rubbing salt in the wound when you talk about a club that you basically have given the majority of your life to in a sporting aspect. I did go to them asking for their backing to nominate me and you can only take for granted that they would back you with a vote.”St George’s declined an invitation to comment on the matter.Going into the meeting Smith was convinced that the cricket fraternity was ready to embrace change and felt he stood a good chance of succeeding the outgoing Reggie Pearman as BCB president. However, BCB affiliates disagreed, leaving Smith scratching his head for answers.“I’m really, really baffled because I thought the cricket fraternity was really ready for change, and that’s not taking anything away from Mr Fray (newly elected BCB president Lloyd Fray) who I have the utmost respect for,” he said.“I think he’s a good administrator and all that, but having met with some of the clubs and people that said I had such great ideas to take Bermuda cricket forward you just expect a little bit more than that.“To be quite honest I am not disheartened that I lost the race, it’s just the manner in which I did. When you do not garner no votes at all it sends a really strong message, and I’m just totally stunned.“But you live and learn and life goes on. I’ll just take this on the chin and move on from here.”While Smith has the utmost respect for Fray he fears that it will be “business as usual” for the current BCB administration that has come in for their fair share of criticism in recent years.“Obviously Fray will have some input in terms of the direction he would like to take cricket,” he said. “But when I sit back and look from 2007 until now with the administration that we have had, Fray has been part of the administration that has seen us plummet backwards. It could be business as usual.“In his speech (to BCB affiliates) he said that cricket is not broken but in so many ways it is broken and I hope he understands that and comes in and makes some change because cricket needs to be revitalised.“Fray is in a totally different position now and hopefully he will have more input into making changes. I really hope that he takes a more upfront approach and does implement change to cricket.”Smith’s future in cricket is now at a crossroads and he is currently weighing his options before he makes his next move.“The clubs sent me a massive statement almost to the point that I don’t have the ability to take cricket in a new direction,” he said. “I really have to sit down and think things out as far as where do I go from here.”