Bravo's sacking 'travesty of justice' - Gonsalves

Fri, Dec 26, '14

Joining the chorus of opposition against the dropping of Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy from the ODI series in South Africa, St Vincent and Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has accused WICB president Dave Cameron for "dishonouring" the agreement that the players who abandoned the India tour in October would not be victimised.

According to Gonsalves he had organised a meeting as CARICOM representative to resolve the impasse arising out of West Indies' premature termination of the India tour. In addition to Cameron and himself, that meeting, held at the Hyatt Hotel in Trinidad on October 23, was attended by Bravo, West Indies Test captain Denesh Ramdin, Ralph Thorne, the players' legal counsel, West Indies Players Association president Wavell Hinds, and WIPA lawyer.

In a sternly worded two-paged letter sent on December 23, Gonsalves said Cameron had agreed that teams for the South Africa tour would be picked on "merit". Yet last week the West Indies selection panel, chaired by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, appointed inexperienced 23-year-old fast bowler Jason Holder as the captain for the ODI side, indicating it was time to appoint a young leader.