 WICB settles contract row with players
St Kitts, June 25: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) have settled their recent row by finalising match tour contracts for the ongoing series against India as well as retainer contracts for some of the cricketers. WICB Chief Cricket Operations Officer Zorol Barthley said an official announcement in this regard would be made soon.
"What I want to say is that for this home series against India we are operating on a match tour contract," Barthley said. "There have been some discussions with WIPA obviously over the last couple of days. Things have been finalised and I think an official release is going to be coming from the Board and WIPA, but I can guarantee you that after fourth Test in Jamaica, the next time a West Indies cricket team takes the field, it will be on the retainer contracts," he was quoted as saying by the 'Jamaica Observer' today.
WIPA President and Chief Executive Officer Dinanath Ramnarine had recently claimed that the WICB was not prepared "to move forward" on the contract issue and there were also reports of a possible boycott by the players ahead of the third Test. "There was some talk about industrial action.
What I want to say with regards to contracts is that we have spent a lot of long hours, a lot of effort has gone into discussions on contracts, player contracts, player relations with the Board," Barthley said. (Agencies)
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