WICB, WIPA sign new agreement

Fri, Sep 19, '14

Following years of often bitter disputes, the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association have signed a new collective bargaining agreement and memorandum of understanding on Thursday. Whycliffe Cameron, the WICB president, signed on behalf of the board, while Wavell Hinds, the WIPA president, signed on behalf of the association.

Cameron hailed the signing as the most important thing done for West Indies cricket in the past two years. "What it means is that we are going to have 105 players engaged in cricket all year round," Cameron said. "We are going to have 15 at the WICB level - which I will call the international team, while we will have 90 players at the regional franchise level - 15 players among the six teams.