'WICB must build pillars of trust'

Mon, Dec 15, '14

The task force appointed by the WICB to assess the contracts dispute involving the players, WIPA, and the board, which led to the abandonment of West Indies' tour of India in October 2014, has said that all three parties were at fault. The task force - comprising Michael Gordon, Wes Hall and Richard Cheltenham - said it was imperative that "WICB must now build pillars of trust and respect with the players", and that the WIPA had a "very real role to play" in this process.

The West Indian players pulled out of their tour of India after four ODIs, leading to the abandonment of the fifth one-dayer, a Twenty20 international and three Tests. The dispute between the players on one side, and WIPA and WICB on the other, however, had begun even before the first game. In several letters written to the WICB, West Indies ODI captain Dwayne Bravo had expressed displeasure over the new player contracts, wanted the old ones back in place, and had also demanded that the WIPA chief Wavell Hinds resign. When neither of these conditions was met, the players abandoned the tour.

The task force appointed by the WICB to assess the contracts dispute involving the players, WIPA, and the board, which led to the abandonment of West Indies' tour of India in October 2014, has said that all three parties were at fault. The task force - comprising Michael Gordon, Wes Hall and Richard Cheltenham - said it was imperative that "WICB must now build pillars of trust and respect with the players", and that the WIPA had a "very real role to play" in this process.

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