Hendriks: Simmons treated too harshly

Tue, Oct 6, '15

KINGSTON –– Former West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director, Jackie Hendriks, believes the regional governing body was wrong in its decision to suspend West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons, for recent comments he made regarding team selection.

Hendriks, a retired president of the Jamaica Cricket Association, is of the opinion that what should have been done instead was for Simmons to be reprimanded with a warning.
“I can understand the frustration that Simmons may have felt with him going and talking to [Dwayne] Bravo and [Kieron] Pollard, and wanting them to play, and his frustration of not getting them to be a part of the one-day squad,” said Hendriks.

“However, it’s rather unfortunate the comments he made. They were totally out of place, and temperate, and, should have been kept to himself,” added Hendriks. “However, having said that, I don’t believe the action of the board to suspend him was the right one.”

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