Cricket or rather the glorious game of cricket continues to be in a turmoil in the West Indies what with their cricketing icons side stepping proffered annual contracts; retainers as well as pulling out of tours due to pay related disputes.........
According to the latest news emanating from the West Indies cricketing icons Christopher Henry Gayle and Sunil Narine have disdainfully refused the annual retainership contracts offered to them by the West Indian Cricket Board while yet another legend of the game Dwayne Bravo was yet to make a final decision in this regard.........
Kieron Pollard was not offered a central contract just like the year 2013-14 ; but Gayle and Narine's refusal has taken the board by surprise as Gayle had signed a an annual retainership contract with the board after a three year long interval in January 2014.......
The absence of Gayle and Narine from an already considerably diminished and fractious West Indies side will only serve to weaken it even further and sources close to Dwayne Bravo expect him to follow in the duo's footsteps as Bravo is piqued with the board's decision about stripping him of the ODI squads captaincy and making him a convenient scapegoat for the actions of other players who pulled out midway from a tour of India owing to a pay related dispute............
Whatever may be the reason behind the duo's refusal to append their signatures on the much debated contracts; West Indies cricket will be the ultimate sufferer as the fortunes of the team have already hit rock bottom what with it being just above minnows Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the ICC rankings.........
One only hopes and prays that better sense dawns on all parties concerned; i.e. the players as well as the West Indies Cricket Board as the West Indian team has always enjoyed a special place in the heart of every ardent and steadfast cricket lover and seeing West Indian cricket in a never ending free fall cause us all untold pain and misery.........
According to the latest news emanating from the West Indies cricketing icons Christopher Henry Gayle and Sunil Narine have disdainfully refused the annual retainership contracts offered to them by the West Indian Cricket Board while yet another legend of the game Dwayne Bravo was yet to make a final decision in this regard.........
Kieron Pollard was not offered a central contract just like the year 2013-14 ; but Gayle and Narine's refusal has taken the board by surprise as Gayle had signed a an annual retainership contract with the board after a three year long interval in January 2014.......
The absence of Gayle and Narine from an already considerably diminished and fractious West Indies side will only serve to weaken it even further and sources close to Dwayne Bravo expect him to follow in the duo's footsteps as Bravo is piqued with the board's decision about stripping him of the ODI squads captaincy and making him a convenient scapegoat for the actions of other players who pulled out midway from a tour of India owing to a pay related dispute............
Whatever may be the reason behind the duo's refusal to append their signatures on the much debated contracts; West Indies cricket will be the ultimate sufferer as the fortunes of the team have already hit rock bottom what with it being just above minnows Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the ICC rankings.........
One only hopes and prays that better sense dawns on all parties concerned; i.e. the players as well as the West Indies Cricket Board as the West Indian team has always enjoyed a special place in the heart of every ardent and steadfast cricket lover and seeing West Indian cricket in a never ending free fall cause us all untold pain and misery.........
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