A US$42m lash

Fri, Oct 31, '14

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) will make good on its promise to take legal action against the West Indies Cricket Board if it does not receive US$41.97million in compensation within 15 days.
The Express obtained a copy of a letter sent yesterday to WICB president Dave Cameron, signed by BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel in which the Indian board gave notice of its intention to, “seek compensation from the WICB to the fullest extent permissible in law,” since it holds the regional body liable for losses incurred because of the cancellation of three Test matches and a solitary Twenty20 International.
West Indies players, led by ODI captain Dwayne Bravo abandoned the one-day series after the fourth match because of a dispute over the terms of a new bargaining agreement signed by the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and the WICB. But even as the prime ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Gonsalves and Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell met with the estranged parties at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, the WICB was having to deal with a threat that became reality from the BCCI.