The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

An act of final betrayal' - Patterson says players' walkout a collapse of governance

Sat, Oct 25, '14

 

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Former Jamaica Prime Minister PJ Patterson has described West Indies' walkout of the India tour as "humiliation" and says it has exposed "a total collapse of a governance system" in the administration of the game by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

Patterson was reacting to the decision of the Windies one-day team to abort their tour of India over a contract and pay dispute with the West Indies Players' Association.

However, Patterson said much of the blame resided with the WICB as it had failed to engage the reform needed to streamline its governance of the game.