Lloyd, Holding slam WIPA and WI Board

By pratik
for Cricketain.com

Published: July 24, 2009

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St. John’s (Antigua): West Indies legends Clive Lloyd and Michael Holding have come out blasting against the “greedy” players and the “incompetent” board for pushing West Indies cricket backwards and creating a mess that cricket in the Caribbean finds itself in.

Lloyd was brutal in his criticism of the cricketers who boycotted the test series against Bangladesh over a dispute regarding the contracts with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

“When you say the West Indies team is going to withdraw from a series it is not that they are short of money. We have players who are millionaires with an average of 15.00 and they are a first-team pick,” a sarcastic Lloyd said.

“We have players who are being paid USD 500,000 or more and they do not pay a cent in any tax. We are the only country where players don’t pay any tax,” the former captain was quoted as saying by ‘Cricinfo’.

West Indies cricket is facing a deep crisis with the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), representing the players’, and the West Indies Cricket Board entering a tug-of-war that resulted in West Indies fielding a second-string squad that lost the home Test series against Bangladesh 2-0.

Even though WIPA and WICB have reached a truce with both the parties ready to come to the negotiation table, Lloyd and Holding have slammed both the bodies for their inept handling of the dispute.

“The WICB are a dysfunctional organisation that need to realise they are dealing with a modern game and changing times,” a bitter Holding said.

“They have been left behind due to their inept staff and an outdated board of directors, most of whom take up space instead of offering something to the organisation or the game,” he added.

Lloyd also voiced the same sentiments and reminded everyone of the issue where five players, including skipper Chris Gayle, demanded a compensation for missing a part of the Indian Premier League due to their series against England.

“WICB received USD 2 million for the England series but our players wanted 600,000. Then we had to compensate someone for missing out on the IPL. What I can’t understand why do we need to compensate and pay somebody to play for your country. That to me is nonsense,” an enraged Lloyd said.

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