PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The West Indies Players’ Association has advised its players who are subject to disciplinary action by the West Indies Cricket Board to seek legal advice.
In a release yesterday, WIPA stated they had read with dismay the statement issued by the West Indies Cricket Board on September 7, regarding continuation of disciplinary matters against a number of players.
The players’ union feels that the WICB’s statement not only announces the regional governing body’s intention to continue such matters, but it goes considerably further making claims that are highly prejudicial and intrinsically at odds with the very process the WICB wants to pursue.
According to WIPA, it is clear that several of the statements made in Monday’s release have already drawn conclusions that impinge on the entitlements of the players who may be the subject of any such disciplinary matters.
“It may well give them the view that the WICB referral mentioned in the release is for sentencing rather than for hearing,” WIPA stated in the news release.
The WICB has said that they would continue disciplinary action on the players for a number of breaches of the Code of Conduct during home series against England, India, and Bangladesh earlier this year.
