Hall of Fame inductee and Cup Match?s all-time leading wicket-taker Clarence Parfitt has urged Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) and its affiliates to work more closely together in the best interests of local cricket.

Following claims by former top player Dennis Wainwright that the Board was being run like a ?clever dictatorship? and members had been ?deliberately? excluded from the decision-making process , Parfitt told : ?The game is far bigger than anyone and this is where Bermuda has to grow up because we are now in the big time and we must be professional.

?If a club has any concerns then they should go to their representative on the Board to try and find out what is going on.

?If they do have any concerns and they have a member on the BCB then that member should be able to report back to them about what is going on at the Board. If I?m not on the Board?s executive committee and want to know why a particular decision has been made then they in turn should be able to inform me.

?Then you take the information back to your club. This is what the executive committee gets paid to do because it?s their job. And if things are not working out then you can get rid of them.

?But there has to be some sort of committee that meets on a regular basis to make these decisions, otherwise the clubs would be up in arms and would pull the plug on them because the Board belongs to the clubs.

?If the clubs have concerns then they need to look to the Board for answers.

?I also think it?s time past players put something back into the sport.?

Affiliates have claimed the Board has only held one meeting with them this year, last February, five months prior to Bermuda?s involvement in the ICC Trophy in Ireland.

In addition, some have complained that key decisions that could impact on local cricket are being made by a minority.

Last week Wainwright also criticised affiliates for ?pointing fingers? instead of becoming more actively involved.

?All the affiliates do is sit back and complain instead of using their power. The Board is not the end all . . . they are only a representative of the affiliates who can call for a general or special meeting if they feel they are being deliberately kept in the dark,? he told .

?However, when one begins asking questions there are those on the Board who, for whatever reason, tend to become defensive - and this is very unfortunate.?