Second string stays in place after WIPA’s mock apology

• For demanding that our members play with a contract clearly outlining the terms and conditions prior to a series or series of matches.

• For insisting that all contracts be negotiated by WIPA prior to their being offered to the players,as is provided by the agreements between WIPA and the WICB.

• For asking the WICB to honour the agreement and pay the medical treatment when players sustain injuries while representing the West Indies.

• For asking that the WICB honour the 2007-2008 agreement that was signed by the players and compensate the players who have been injured while playing for the West Indies as outlined in the agreement.

• For asking the WICB to deposit funds it had deducted from the players’ salaries and which it failed to pay to the Players Provident Fund Account (Pension Plan) for almost a year.

• For asking the WICB to reimburse players who sometimes have to purchase their own airline tickets while on duty for the West Indies.

• For not having training camps and specialist camps for the preparation of the team so that the players may improve their performances.

• For accepting to play in a series against England at a time of year when no other team has ever played in the history of over 100 years of international cricket.

• For asking that the WICB not sell players’ intellectual property and image rights without permission.

• For tolerating all of the above for far too long out of a desire to wear maroon and for listening to the executive of our association when told that negotiations were in progress and would bear fruit shortly…

It further criticises the board for the amount of money they had lost,and embarrassment they had caused,due to sloppy marketing deals and resulting legal battles. It also slammed the board for the Antigua Test fiasco,adding that “a perusal of the above should indicate from where the apology should come”.

WICB agrees to pay up

Meanwhile,the West Indian cricketers have written to the Caribbean Community Governments (CARICOM) chairman and Guyana president Bharat Jagdeo,seeking intervention even as the WICB agreed to pay the money it owes under the existing contract but ruled out a fresh negotiation.