West Indies Domestic: D-day for Philo Wallace

Philo Wallace will know his fate today.

Whether or not he will play in this weekend's Busta Cup semifinal against the Leeward Islands is up to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

The WICB confirmed they would release their decision on the matter involving the Barbados captain, who was cited for dissent during the tensioned-filled fifth round Busta Cup match against Trinidad and Tobago at the Queen's Park Oval.

The defending champions clawed back after losing first innings lead to win the match by one run and book a semifinal berth.

However, yesterday afternoon the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) sent a letter to the Antigua headquarters of the WICB on the matter.

The letter in effect stated that they might have been discrepancies in the manner in which Wallace's hearing was conducted in Trinidad by match referee Anthony Lalacksingh.

The BCA indicated last night it hoped the situation would be resolved amicably, stressing that it was not a matter of taking sides but rather hoping that justice be served.

'I am hopeful that common sense will prevail,' BCA secretary Philip Nicholls said, quietly confident that Wallace will feature in the line-up for the weekend's semifinal.

Yesterday the BCA held a committee meeting at which Wallace, manager Tony Howard and all-rounder Hendy Bryan attended to provide information on the matter, in which Wallace appeared to have questioned decisions of umpire Zainul Maccum.

At the meeting, the BCA's sub-committee sought to find out what took place between Wallace and the umpires on the field and subsequently at the hearing.

Wallace has been Barbados' leading batsman with 360 runs and is the only batsman in the tournament with two centuries.