TTCB drops case against WICB

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago have decided against pursuing any further legal action against the West Indies Cricket Board over last week’s contentious Regional First Class Championship semi-final versus Jamaica.

The decision comes after the T&T Cricket Board failed to secure a High Court injunction to prevent the final between Combined Campuses and Colleges and Jamaica from going ahead this weekend.

“We have decided that having failed to get the injunction to stop the finals, it makes no sense pursuing the matter,” TTCB first vice-president Dudnath Ramkessoon told CMC Sports.

“We have made our point concerning the vagueness of the rules and we are going to write the WICB, with our interpretation of the rules.”

Despite the court’s decision to deny the injunction, the application for judicial review of the WICB’s decision to confirm Jamaica a place in the final, had been expected to continue in the Assizes tomorrow.

The matter headed to court after Jamaica booked their spot in the final following a no-decision in the semi-final against hosts T&T.

According to tournament rules, in the case of a no-result the head-to-head meeting in the preliminary round would be used to determine who qualified for the final. Jamaica had taken first innings points over T&T in their sixth round clash last month.

With T&T finishing higher in the overall standings, they contended that the WICB rules were flawed and headed to court in an attempt to overturn the decision.

Though T&T lost the legal battle late Thursday, Ramkessoon said the action had been worthwhile.

“It is our hope that other territories look at the rules and write the board to give their views as well,” the official said.

“We thought that the exercise was not totally in vain because we have brought to the fore, problems with the interpretation of the rules and the WICB now know that they have to be very careful and thorough when they are drafting the rules.”