WICB right in playing hard ball

The West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has actually done little to benefit players throughout the region, which is why Phillip Hackett in his blog on Cayman Net News is fully supportive of the strong stance that the West Indies Cricket Board has taken.

Had they picked the so-called first choice players, including Chris Gayle, Shiv Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indies cricket could have been exposed to even greater embarrassment than what is anticipated in some circles given the perceived limitations of the team now in South Africa.

A repeat of the standoff in London that preceded our first ever tour to South Africa would have been quite likely given the break down in the mediation process over the past week. That would have most likely sparked a series of events even more intense than the current crisis.