MOU between players and the board – The first and the foremost thing that a fan would like or want is a meeting between the West Indies cricket board and its players. Management and players are the arteries and veins of cricket and the game cannot run smoothly unless the management and the players are on the same page, obeying rules laid out.
The opposite was the case in the year 2016 where there was a competition between players and the WICB to put down the opposition. Some bizarre decisions made by the board added to the woes. The year started with the board forcing the veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul to retire. Then they dropped the world cup winning captain Daren Sammy from the T20I squad, pulled out Darren Bravo from tri-series, offered a low wage contract to players and much more.
As a board, it’s the duty of a board to have a talk with a player to sort out the issues but this has not been the case here. The first thing that players and the board should do is to table a meeting, spell out the issues and then find a common solution for the betterment of West Indies cricket and bounce back in international cricket.