Trinidad meeting to end WI cricket impasse

The feuding parties in the ongoing West Indies cricket dispute will meet in in Trinidad on Friday, in another effort to resolve the bitter impasse.

The West Indies players walked off the recent one-day international tour of India in protest over the terms and conditions of their new contracts, sparking a messy row with their union, the West Indies PlayersAssociation (WIPA), and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), reports CMC.

Hans King, press secretary to St. Vincent’s Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, said in a statement on Thursday night that the meeting was agreed upon through the facilitation of Gonsalves, WICB president, Dave Cameron and ODI captain Dwayne Bravo, spokesman for the aggrieved West Indies players.

Trinidad meeting hopes to end West Indies cricket impasse

The West Indies players walked off the recent tour of India in protest over the terms and conditions of their new contracts, sparking a messy row with WIPA and WICB. (BCCI)

“Both sides in this dispute will be accompanied by their respective members/advisers,” King said.

He said the meeting was agreed on Thursday and efforts were being made to secure the attendance of WIPA president and chief executive, Wavell Hinds.

“The prime minister has been unable to contact Hinds although he was informed of the scheduled meeting through a text message from Bravo,” King said.

Gonsalves, however, will be unavailable because of a prior commitment.

On the agenda for the Trinidad meeting will be the resolution of the impasse and the nondiscrimination and non-victimisation of the players involved in the abandoned tour, by the WICB.

Media reports this week indicated that the players who were involved in the walkout of the India tour - for the exception of Marlon Samuels - would be overlooked when selecting the squad for the upcoming tour to SouthAfrica.