Wavell Hinds crucial mission
Sun, Oct 12, '14
IT was a prophecy formed by three turbulent years at the heart of West Indies cricket.
After leaving his post as chief executive officer of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in 2012 for an overseas diplomatic posting with the St Lucia government, Ernest Hilaire identified the Memorandum of Understanding/Collective Bargaining Agreement (MoM/CBA) as a potential source of continuing conflict between the board and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).
Speaking as the former top WICB administrator, his view was that the way the document is written “causes too many conflicts in terms of the ambiguity of the language, in terms of the lack of clarity of some of the provisions”. It was signed in October 2005; as long as it remained in its current state, he said, “it will always be an issue”.
He went further. He believed that the change of leadership of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), from his relentless adversary Dinanath Ramnarine to Wavell Hinds, would make a difference.
