CEO of Cricket West Indies, Johnny Grave, has sought to set the record straight on a 3 million U.S dollar loan the board received from the England and Wales Cricket Board, ECB.

Former West Indies Pacer Andy Roberts questioned why Cricket West Indies was rushing to undertake the tour, hinting that it could have been pressure from the ECB due to the loan.

Roberts was speaking on Mason and Guest in Barbados yesterday and said for as a show of appreciation for the Windies doing the tour the loan should now be treated as a gift.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

We in debt to India for abandoning a tour so we should be in credit with England for taking this one

Why is it the CWI could never get their finances in order? It is a matter that each President for years now have failed at.

In reply to dayne

Gordon had the WICB in the black, then left
The H&H regime took over, then Cameron.

Now we are approx 20 million in the red?

There is no plan ,no vision for the entity, just milk it like a cow, guess what, you can only milk a cow for so long!