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Cricket's doomsday scenario, where domestic T20 leagues wipe out international matches, has become the subject of a discussion paper prepared by Cricket West Indies (CWI), ostensibly on the evolution of Twenty20 and how international cricket and boards risk being run over if checks are not put in place.

In the paper, seen by ESPNcricinfo, CWI highlights an "urgent" need for boards to review no-objection certificates (NOCs) given to players, allowing them to play in overseas T20 leagues. Without such a measure, CWI argues, international cricket will be in "jeopardy" because boards will not have the financial muscle to sustain, protect and develop the game.

CWI created the paper on its own initiative and hoped it would be discussed by the ICC Board in February. However, the ICC board felt that the better forum to present the paper to would be the chief executives' committee, which will meet late April in Kolkata at the ICC's next round of quarterly meetings.

It is understood that CWI had initial discussions with CA, ECB and the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA), and plans to consult other boards and ICC management ahead of the April meeting.

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WI doomsday scenario is already upon us and it is not T-20. Our doomsday began way before the advent of T-20.

Indeed our doomsday is the WICBC and various territorial boards that have totally ruined our cricket and we can 't seem to get rid of this cancer

In reply to Emir
But didn't this same Crooked Dave and CWI sign a long term contract for the CPL? I see a law suit coming. Maybe Digicel will finally do the West Indian people a favour and put Crooked Dave where he belongs - behind bars.

In reply to Emir

YOU are absolutely RIGHT in YOUR
ASSESSMENT. Obviously the Big Idiots
are now scuttling around like drowning
RATS , ON A SINKING SHIP .

I have absolutely no doubt that had
the Members of the Worst International
Cricket Board in the Commonwealth had
mutual respect with Our Players ,
many of them would forgo travelling abroad .

HOWEVER HISTORY INFORMS US THAT THE

MIMIC MEN BLUNTLY REFUSED TO ADHERE

TO THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

THEY PREFERRED TO FOLLOW IN THE

FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE WHO THEY INHERITED

THE WICBC/CWI FROM .

It is the continuous bickering about
salaries just before going on Tours
have made Our Players continuously
leary of the WICBC.CWI .

ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION ;

HOW MANY OTHER INTERNATIONAL TEAMS IN

THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET ARENA ARE

PERPETUALLY HAVING SPATS WITH THEIR

CRICKET BOARDS REGARDING SALARIES

BEFORE GOING ON TOURS ???????????

I will always maintain that it is the
perpetual Animosity the WICBC/CWI has
towards its Players is at the heart of
the Players Indifference towards the
WICBC/CWI .

THE FIRING OF PLAYERS WITHOUT PLAYERS

BEING ACCORDED DUE PROCESS .


THE ANIMOSITY RUNS SO DEEP THAT VERY

FEW FORMER GREAT PLAYERS ARE HIRED BY

THE WICBC/CWI .


THE BOARD PREFERING TO HIRE PEOPLE

FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION IS TOTALLY

ASININE , ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE

FORMER GREAT PLAYERS WHO CAN DO A

BETTER JOB .

Many people in the Region who are drinking the KOOL AID that the Board
is giving away fail to realize or are
forgetful of the fact that it was indeed OUR FORMER GREAT PLAYERS who
were in charge of the Shortest version of the game , who transformed
our Players to not only be the best
Twenty /20 Team ; but also win two consecutive World Championship in this version of the game .

IT WAS NOT THE BIG IDIOTS THAT WERE

RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE VICTORIES ALL

THEY DID WAS TO BASK IN THE GLOW OF

OF THE PERFORMANCES OF OUR PLAYERS .


To this day I have not heard anyone
in the WICBC /CWI or their many Sycophants in the Media thank those
Former Players for a Job Well Done .

In reply to bobby

Doomsday started when the Collusion between Dodgy Didgi Dave and Digi-Cell....ran Cable & wireless out of town!

Dave C = Digi-C

In reply to Cleg
Money makes enemies. Big businesses don't have friends when it costs them money.

CWI bitching and bawling about T20 is like a telegram company conplaining about the internet fad

In reply to Cleg

I do believe that You have made a very
important Point . This is augmented by the fact that at one time ALL the
Tournaments in the Region had Financial Sponsors .

THEY STOPPED BEING SPONSORS , AND THE

WICBC/CWI LACKEYS IN THE MEDIA SAID

NARY A WORD .

Frankly in my opinion , most if not ALL of the Sports Journalists in the
Region are complicit with the WICBC/CWI in the destruction of West
Indies .

In reply to imusic

In reply to imusic

...or Pony Express riders about Emails!

In reply to imusic

Exactly

They want other countries to enact laws to restrain trade and go against market forces.

This is such backward thinking and it does not surprise me.

Poorer cricket countries like NZ ans SA are finding unique solutions to stay relevant and its a pity the WICBC cannot.

They will get ZERO support from the ICC members and don't be surprise if other countries laugh at these misfits.

They spend time writing a phony report, spending resources and fighting the fans, the players and the governments.