Retired ICC Elite panel umpire Billy Doctrove has vowed notto turn his back on umpiring and says he would like to help the emerginggeneration of officials in the Caribbean.
Doctrove served as an international umpire for 14 yearsbefore announcing his retirement from umpiring earlier this week.
"I think that I still have a lot to contribute as anumpire. I want to be involved, be it at Dominica, Windward Islands or regionallevel," said the 56-year-old.
"I firmly believe that I have a contribution to makeand I feel that I can play a part in helping young umpires take that next step.So I do not believe that I will turn my back on umpiring.
"It is just that I have retired from internationalumpiring just to be in situation where I can be closer home and to spend moretime with the family."
The 56-year-old stood in 38 Tests and 112 One-Day Internationals,after making his debut in 1998.
He was elevated to the International Panel of Umpires in2004 before securing a berth on the Elite Panel two years later.
Doctrove, the second West Indian umpire to quit the ElitePanel in recent years following Jamaican Steve Bucknor in 2009, said he felthis abilities could still be utilised in regional competitions.
"I still want to be involved in cricket umpiring at theregional level. I am not sure if that involvement will be that of a trainer orsomething else," said the Dominican.
"I am not sure yet since I have not given it muchthought. Whatever the case may be, I still want to be involved in umpiring forsure."