Clive Lloyd has resigned from his post as non-member director of the West Indian Cricket Board.

Earlier this year the government locked the Guyana Cricket Board out of its offices at Bourda ground and appointed its own interim management committee, headed by Lloyd.

The move followed the Guyana High Court ruling the GCB a legal nonentity because it had been in a long dispute over the results of an election in mid-2011. The government said it wanted to administer cricket in the former British colony to fight corruption and help end years of bickering between rival factions.

Lloyd was later issued an ultimatum by the WICB asking him to choose between the two parties.

"As you are probably aware, I was recently appointed as special advisor on sports to the president of Guyana," Lloyd wrote in his resignation letter addressed to WICB president Julian Hunte.

"At the end of last year I was asked by the government of Guyana to come home and head up an interim management committee on Cricket, as a result of deep-seated problems plaguing the GCB and a ruling from the chief justice.

"Given my standing in the international cricketing world I would have hoped that my decision to answer my country's call would have signalled a message to you that all was not well with Guyana's cricket and therefore had your support and cooperation. However, instead I have found myself caught between my loyalty to my country and loyalty to the WICB.

"After much deliberation, with a sad heart I had no other option but to tender my resignation as director of the board. I hope that my resignation would act as a catalyst for the members of the board to ask soul-searching questions and take a hard look at what could be done differently to get our cricket back to the glory days.

The 67-year-old Lloyd played 110 Tests and 87 ODIs between 1966 and 1985. He captained the West Indies in three World Cup finals, winning two of them.

"As one of the most successful West Indian captains in the history of our game, I have to say that I am very concerned not just about the state of cricket in my country but the state of West Indian cricket as a whole - the lack of accountability and consultation and limited discussion about the stagnant state of our cricket," he concluded.