By Tony Cozier
Just as two prime ministers were meeting with the main characters in Port-of-Spain on Friday in an effort to find a settlement to yet another of the several recent challenges that have destabilised West Indies cricket, an e-mail popped up on the computer inbox of West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron.
It was not unexpected; it was chilling all the same. It was from Sanjay Patel, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), confirming earlier notice that it would seek compensation for the losses it suffered from the team’s premature pullout of its tour of India after the fourth ODI on October 17.
Patel itemized, “in plain economic terms”, the areas accounting for an overall claim of US$47.2 million; among them were broadcasting rights fees,
