Hunte, Cameroon,Skerritt,Shallow. Worst Who?

Thanks to hunt and Hilliard for putting together the world cup teams of 2012 &2016.
Now Shallow has brought back cricket to Jamaica.

Sarwan won a case vs CWI, he proved that he was assigned a fail grade for a fitness test not administered. That he could and should overcome that is debatable. Regarding "sabotage" where does the buck stop, who created the hostile environment? In life (business, marriage etc) you just swap one set of shortcomings for another and often the ones you know and can/are working with are better than what you swapped them for.

They in their seemingly insurmountable stupidity crashed a team that was clearly improving(first team to not lose a test series in nz in 13 years, first team to win a test in SA, drawing a sri lanka series we were widely expected to lose, with Ramnaresh Sarwan scoring one of the best centuries you will ever see against world class spin on a turning track, winning the wisden trophy for the first time in 11 years, winning an odi series in england for the first time in 23 years). this was followed by the legacy of players chosen to captain(floyd and Sammy) and the selection of under strength teams. Any test side from 2009-2015 that did not include sarwan, gayle, dwayne bravo, denesh ramdin, chris gayle, darren bravo and jerome taylor was a 2nd string side. And chris gayle was the first test captain since Clive to unite the team under one banne
In reply to Edrich

"Never believe those reports that said cricket in the Caribbean was dying. It was just in mourning for the passing of the good days. The people still loved the game, nursed their hurt, and waited for fortunes to change… The image of the West Indian players and people in celebration was utterly captivating. It was like the good old bad old days when the West Indian fast men terrorised the world."
Simon Wilde is put in mind of the 80s

West Indian cricket is supposed to be in its death throes, overwhelmed by shifts of culture and values and the disappearance of great men like those Herculean bowlers and batsmen of the quality of Viv Richards and Brian Lara. Yet now, under the quirky but ultimately cool leadership of a batsman like Chris Gayle, who has shown he knows the importance of building an advantage, we see a cricketing Lazarus.

"From the ramshackle Kingston pavilion on the one side of the ground, round past the George Headley Stand, to the thumping sound systems of the 'Mound', there was the unmistakable feeling that something lost had been found."
Mike Atherton has felt it before, and was happy to see the West Indian hostility back

The same Sarwan who was cappo, got injured, Gayle took over and when Sarwan came back, Gayle De Don decided to keep the captaincy and Sarwan hid his tail between his legs and had to back Gayle

And if I remember correctly, Sarwan won his case becos of technical errors by the coach who did not document the remedial steps he gave Sarwan to follow. This, arguably, was the overall responsibility of the coach but not his direct duty. The documenting of the conversation and remedies should have been the function of the assistant coach or some other person eg clerk or human resource person
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Sarwan called up Hilaire for clarification, and in his testimony during the arbitration, Sarwan mentioned Hilaire had not been forthcoming. "Dr. Hilaire still refused to let Mr. Sarwan know what he meant by his words in his letter and, further, stated that 'if I don't change my attitude, my career would end', and then he hung up the phone," Jairam noted in his final judgement. Hiliare, who did not testify during the arbitration, denied that Sarwan was "threatened" in any way, as was reported during the hearing.

"Mr. Sarwan had a telephone conversation with Dr. Hilaire relating to the letter. Mr. Sarwan, in that telephone conversation, contested that he was unfit and argued that the team physiotherapist and fitness trainer did not like him," the WICB said. "Dr. Hilaire defended the professionalism of the staff. Mr. Sarwan was told that he would need to satisfy team management that he was sufficiently fit to play."

Sarwan noted the indifference of the West Indies team management during the Australian tour when at one stage he was denied an MRI scan; he eventually had it done, with the charges being borne by Cricket Australia. Then, during the home series against South Africa in 2010, Sarwan picked up a hamstring injury but was told by West Indies coach Ottis Gibson that he was not in charge of the matter and the physio was the best man to deal with it. Sarwan sponsored his own trips to Florida and later Canada to get treatment.

While delivering the verdict, Jairam said he wasn't in any doubt that the WICB had treated Sarwan unfairly, and that the board's selection process and the appraisal procedure were far from transparent. Accordingly, he awarded Sarwan the following damages: $95,000 as damages for loss of retainer (original claim $120,000), $20,000 as damages for breach of contract (claim: $40,000), $18,000 for loss of provident fund contributions given his age (claim: $18,000), $13,000 as damages for loss of publicity/reputation (claim: $15,000), and $15,000.00 under his claim for further or other relief.

In another setback to the WICB, opening batsman Lendl Simmons was awarded $117,203 in damages through arbitration in a case the player had filed against the board. Simmons, who is part of West Indies squad for the World Twenty20, had sought WIPA's help last year after he was rendered jobless despite having a valid contract with WICB between October 1, 2009 and September 30, 2010.
After Simmons missed the ODI series against Zimbabwe (March 2010), World Twenty20 (April 2010), West Indies A against Zimbabwe (May 2010) and Bangladesh (May-June 2010), South Africa series (June-July 2010) and West Indies A tour of England and Ireland, WIPA checked with the WICB if Simmons was facing any disciplinary issues. WICB said that was not the case.
However, Clyde Butts, the West Indies chairman of selectors, told the Caribbean Media Corporation that Simmons had some "issues" other than those related to performance. WIPA alleged that this had served Simmons badly as it had impacted his livelihood, "his professional reputation and has hampered his ability to procure and exploit other commercial and business ventures and future employment."
Having heard both sides, Seenath Jairam, the arbitrator, awarded the damages for the same set of the clauses he had ruled on during the Ramnaresh Sarwan judgement.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has apologised for public statements made about the arbitrator of a dispute between the WICB and middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan. A statement released by the WICB yesterday expressed deepest and sincere regret and comes in the wake of threats by Arbitrator Seenath Jairam to take legal action.


The WICB statement had accused Jairam of preventing WICB lawyers from cross-examining Sarwan during a hearing to resolve the dispute and also accused him of being unfair in his ruling. "The conduct of the arbitration by Mr Jairam SC was in all respects fair and proper and the WICB unequivocally retracts any statement or impression to the contrary which may have been given by its previous statement and in an interview between our former Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ernest Hilaire and the hosts of The Zone, a sports programme broadcast on SportsMax," said the WICB statement.