WICB proposes 'cricketing solutions' - Cameron says agreement bars judgement from Indian courts

Thu, Jan 29, '15

The embattled West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has insisted on a "cricketing solution" to the current impasse with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and has called for a meeting between the two boards within the next two months, as it battles to stave off the US$42 million payout demanded by the BCCI.

In a letter sent to its Asian counterpart yesterday, WICB president Dave Cameron said the WICB was open to "bilateral or multilateral discussions".

The correspondence came on the deadline set down by the BCCI for the WICB to respond to its multimillion-dollar claim arising from the controversial abandoned tour of India last October.

"Our position in law remains as set out in our letter dated November 7, 2014. Without admitting any liability to the BCCI, we reiterate our willingness to participate in bilateral or multilateral discussions, or in mediation or such other suitable form of alternative dispute resolution as may be appropriate, as the alternatives would be of no benefit to either board or the larger cricketing community," Cameron wrote to BCCI honorary secretary, Sanjay Patel.