THE WEST INDIES CRICKET BOARD (WICB) and CARICOM have announced separate initiatives in an effort to resolve claims from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against the WICB for US$41.97 million over the West Indies team’s sudden exit from the tour of India last October.
The two are taking different courses in proposed meetings with the BCCI.
In an emailed letter last Friday on behalf of chairman of CARICOM’s cricket governance committee, Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, CARICOM secretary general Irwin LaRocque invited BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel to an “early meeting” in Grenada on “a mutually convenient date” aimed at reaching an agreeable solution. A reply is awaited.
On the other hand, a statement from the WICB revealed that it had “communicated its intent” to the BCCI “to find a workable solution”, adding its intention to send a delegation to meet with the BCCI “in the coming weeks”.
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