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(c)Cricinfo en-gb http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espnci.png http://www.espncricinfo.com/ Zimbabwe's cricketers will consider a boycott ahead of their series against Bangladesh in protest against unsatisfactory payments from their board http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/628595.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/628595.html Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:12:12 GMT In a time of great flux within the Sri Lankan team and SLC, below are some of the background issues and sub-plots that may influence the latest dispute http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/623317.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/623317.html Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:30:29 GMT Sri Lanka Cricket has frozen out 23 of its top players after a meeting on Saturday could not break the contract deadlock between the board and the nation's best cricketers http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/623234.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/623234.html Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:10:53 GMT A major contract dispute between SLC and the nation's top cricketers has threatened to derail Sri Lanka's home series against Bangladesh http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-bangladesh-2013/content/story/623221.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-bangladesh-2013/content/story/623221.html Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:38:04 GMT Alviro Petersen, South Africa's Test opening batsman, has defended his decision to turn his back on Glamorgan and has said it is "no sin" to want to play for South Africa. http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/553357.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/553357.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:27:46 GMT Trinidad & Tobago's team manager, Colin Borde, has said that he was confident that Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo remained committed to West Indies cricket http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/478459.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/478459.html Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:32:28 GMT Allrounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard have not accepted the one-year central contracts offered to them by the West Indies Cricket Board http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/478374.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/478374.html Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:20:30 GMT The WIPA has "condemned" the exclusion of Ramnaresh Sarwan from the WICB's list of contracted players, and has questioned the board's reasoning behind the decision http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/476941.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/476941.html Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:55:39 GMT Ramnaresh Sarwan, the West Indies batsman, has said that he wasn't surprised at being dropped from the WICB's list of contracted players http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/475743.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/475743.html Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:23:15 GMT Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor and Denesh Ramdin have been demoted from the West Indies contract list http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/475334.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/475334.html Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:23:31 GMT The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) has accepted the recommendations made by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to try and resolve the contracts dispute that has rocked West Indies cricket http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424796.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424796.html Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:04:22 GMT Political leaders in the Caribbean met on Friday and put forward a series of recommendations pertaining to contracts and sponsorship rights to the disputing parties. http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424758.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424758.html Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:55:24 GMT Players' body advises members to "seek legal advice immediately and take whatever action such legal counsel deems appropriate" http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424385.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424385.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:37:44 GMT Political leaders in the Caribbean will meet on Friday in an effort to resolve the current impasse between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its senior players http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424278.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424278.html Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:05:48 GMT The stand-off is mainly over annual retainer contracts, which the West Indies players have been reluctant to sign since October 2008 http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424033.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/424033.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:14:16 GMT WICB president has requested Bharrat Jagdeo, the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) chairman and Guyana president, for a meeting to rectify the "misinformation" regarding the failed mediation talks http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/423828.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/423828.html Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:27:25 GMT West Indies were almost disqualified from the ICC World Twenty20 in England, Colin Riley, who resigned as a director of the West Indies Cricket Board, has said http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/423691.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/423691.html Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:18:12 GMT In another development, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is likely to broker a solution to the impasse http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/423619.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/423619.html Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:31:52 GMT Shridath Ramphal, the former Commonwealth general-secretary, who had been appointed to broker a deal in the stand-off, said a feared labour shutdown might also result from the breakdown in talks http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/422960.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/422960.html Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:33:06 GMT Shridath Ramphal's confidence is heartening. It would be a masterstroke if he manages to influence a binding accord between the WICB and WIPA http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/417389.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/417389.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:46:46 GMT