The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has written to Cricket West Indies requesting a copy of the criteria used to award international retainer contracts and the report submitted by the selection panel on which the decision was made not to award international retainer contracts to Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul and Romario Shepherd as well as Veerasammy Permaul.

The missive to the CWI comes on the heels of the recent announcement by CWI of 18 players who were offered retainer contracts for the year July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022. Among those who were awarded were newcomers Kyle Mayers, Joshua Da Silva and Nkrumah Bonner, who had standout performances against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

 “The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) notes with great concern the information that Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul and Romario Shepherd were not awarded International Retainer Contracts by the Cricket West Indies (CWI),” the board said in a statement Friday.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

The GCB is lobbying for the pockets of their players, but only Hetmyer might have a weak case to be considered to get a contract. Good politics though.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

It worked for T&T when supporters called for them to go-it-alone. Now they not only enjoy the most picks on any given WI team, regardless of format, they have the pick of the contracted players litter.

Guyanese should take a leaf out of T&T's book and advocate going it alone. They just might become the pick of the litter in the near future.

What did Permaul do wrong?