The tip of an ugly iceberg

On caribbeancricket.com, Peter Montgomery makes a stinging attack on the West Indies team’s management and the way the players have been treated.

[Bennett] King has left the scene but the work environment within the team has not gotten any better under his right hand man and now head coach David Moore. If anything it has worsened considerably and is now fully endorsed by the team manager and the WICB.

Montgomery claims that players were abused and intimidated and that the training and match preparations during the recently-concluded England tour were a shambles.

The stories of the players, confirmed separately by other players, are so remarkable, they are shocking. It is as if the WICB has begun to run an almost slave-like operation. The players have no say, are consulted on nothing and are lorded upon without any recourse to objection. It is no surprise that Dinanath Ramnarine had to be as vigilant and militant as he has had to be. The man is fighting against the plantation mentality still firmly entrenched at the WICB.

This culminated in Chris Gayle being censured for a diary comment that was reportedly approved by the management before publication.