Ramnarine in the spotlight
Amid all the flak flying between the West Indies board and its players, the WICB has found an ally in Jamaica Gleaner who have launched a stinging attack on Dinanath Ramnarine, the chief executive of WIPA, the players’ association.
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
Amid all the flak flying between the West Indies board and its players, the WICB has found an ally in Jamaica Gleaner who have launched a stinging attack on Dinanath Ramnarine, the chief executive of WIPA, the players’ association.
Ramnarine used to play cricket and was a relatively decent leg-spinner at the regional level, playing for Trinidad and Tobago. Unfortunately, for the West Indies, his talent did not manifest itself at the level of Tests we now wonder whether the issue was talent or temperament.
Whatever the reasons why he never quite made the grade as a Test player, Mr. Ramnarine has transformed himself into a trade union leader, as the CEO of WIPA, negotiating on behalf of the players. His is a trade unionism of the old order; one encrusted, in our view, in an archaic confrontationalism rather than an attempt to build partnership and trust.
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa