WIPA exposes WICB’s weakness

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What is the matter with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)?
Does the WICB not understand in this day and age the seriousness with which certain acts are viewed?
And here one is talking about the stoning of the West Indies team’s bus following last Friday’s World Cup win.
Mistake or no mistake it was an act that should have warranted action taken against the Bangladesh Cricket Board in much the same way that football clubs are penalized over the behaviour of their hooligan fans.
Is the WICB too weak to fight, too afraid of the ICC?

That certainly seems plausible following the WICB’s failure to raise its voice in the aftermath of the attack.
One would have expected the WICB to issue a statement condemning the throwing of stones of the bus carrying its senior cricket team back to the hotel after …..


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