Tag Archives: WICB

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has refused to reopen negotiations with its cricket team over their new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in a decision that is likely to deepen resentment between players and administrators during the ongoing India series. West Indies’ One Day International (ODI) squad …

West Indies cricketers representing the region in all three formats of the game stand to lose over US$52,000 (TT$330,000) in compensation for the ongoing India series, which represents a startling 64 percent drop in earnings. Even more eye-raising is the fact that this loss in earnings was agreed to by the …

The following is a letter, leaked exclusively to Wired868, which was sent today by the West Indies cricket team to West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron and CEO Michael Muirhead on the eve of tomorrow’s ODI against India. The players have urged Cameron to use his conscience …

The following is a letter by West Indies Players Association (WIPA) president Wavell Hinds in response to a dispatch from the West Indies’ ODI cricket team, which is headed by captain Dwayne Bravo, that called for his resignation: Dear Mr. Bravo, Thank you for your e-mail of October 7th and congratulations to …

The West Indies cricket team agreed to play today’s opening One Day International (ODI) against India in Kochi with just two hours to spare before the scheduled start of the match at 2.30 pm local time (4.53 am TT time) today in a move that would come as a relief …

The West Indies cricket team has demanded the immediate resignation of West Indies Players Association (WIPA) president Wavell Hinds over perceived conflicts of interests that supposedly affected the representation he gave the players in signing last month’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the West Indies Cricket Board …

The West Indies cricket team’s opening One Day International (ODI) against India in Kochi from 2.30 pm local time (4.53 am TT time) today is in danger of being abandoned as the players, their union—the West Indies Players Association (WIPA)—and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) remain locked in a …

The following is a letter sent today from the West Indies cricket team to West Indies Players Association (WIPA) president Wavell Hinds, which was given to Wired868 from an informed source in India. West Indies is due to face India at Kochi tomorrow in the first of five ODI series but …

Columnist Earl Best takes an irreverent, even iconoclastic look at the credentials of the new WICB’s selection panel convenor: Clive Lloyd is a tactical genius. Reference the second World Cup of Cricket, staged in England in 1979. Playing against the hosts in the final, Lloyd’s West Indies had posted a …

New Zealand cricket team coach Mike Hesson has revealed his team’s alternative viewpoint on cricketers arriving late from the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the “Kiwis” start their Test series against the West Indies today. The West Indies is without star spinner Sunil Narine after the Trinidadian was excluded by …

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar slammed the WICB for being disrespectful in its statement regarding Jamaican PM Portia Simpson-Miller and both leaders revealed their desire to revamp regional cricketing fortunes. The Jamaican PM called for “greater accountability” among cricket authorities and Persad-Bissessar demanded “great change”. Problem solved. Sporting bodies worldwide are …

Jamaica PM Portia Simpson-Miller demanded an immediate resolution to the impasse between star batsman Chris Gayle and the WICB. And, if that wasn’t enough, the PM promised to “follow up” once necessary. Ahmm, thanks. WICB blasted the PM for overstepping her mark. Wired868 believes she ran out of hot air …