debut: 11/30/17
11,938 runs
In reply to b4u8me2
Sammy still played despite his known issues with Dave Cameron until he was discarded
gayle, bravo and chanderpaul played despite known issues with the administration led by julian hunte. hunte, by the way was president in 2009, when the West Indies team were forced to play for the wisden trophy in 2009 in england, which they had only won back weeks earlier after an 11 year hiatus in a series which wasn't on the FTP which had been cancelled by the Sri Lanka team, who were the original tourists, because six of their best players were involved in the 2009 IPL. Five of the WI's best players were involved in the 2009 IPL and they were allowed to play 1-4 games and then come back for the england series. they all came back. They even went on to play the wt20 that year, reaching the semi finals and touring australia where they could and probably would have drawn the series if not for poor umpiring.
This deifying sammy because he's the first windward island player to appear in more than two consecutive series need to stop eh. Sammy was a mediocre player an a rubbish captain who happened to inherit the core of the best domestic t20 team in the world(TT Red Force), the best t20 player in the world in Christopher Henry Gayle, Marlon Samuels and Trinidad's template for winning t20 matches. All he had to do was clap
There were concerns that the best players would not have been available for the tour, after some of them – including Gayle and Edwards – signed deals to appear in the IPL. One of the complaints which the players raised in their recent dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board was the ruling body’s unilateral decision to stage the tour which was organised last October without their consultation and would be contested in direct conflict with the IPL.
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The series was arranged bilaterally between the WICB and the England & Wales Cricket Board, following the withdrawal of Sri Lanka – whose players demanded that they be allowed to play in the IPL.[/b]
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Gayle and Chanderpaul, along with Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards and Jerome Taylor, are understood to be angered that the tour of England, which coincides with the IPL, was organised last October without their consultation. The series was arranged bi-laterally between the WICB and the ECB after the withdrawal of Sri Lanka - whose players demanded they be allowed to play in the IPL - and falls outside the Future Tours Programme.
The West Indians are due to play their first tour match in England on April 21, just three days after the IPL launches in South Africa, with the first Test scheduled for Lord's from May 6. The players are understood to have been ordered to arrive in England no later than May 1, restricting their IPL availability to just 12 days after the tournament's start date was wound back from April 10 to April 18 to accomodate its shift from India to South Africa. IPL contracts are paid on a pro-rata basis.
Gayle and Chanderpaul are the pair most likely to stand down from international duty should negotiations between the WICB and WIPA break down over the next two days. Gayle signed with Kolkata in the inaugural IPL auction for $US800,000, while Chanderpaul was bought by Bangalore for $US200,000.
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