Another meeting scheduled

Timy May, chief executive of the the world player's assoctaion backs the WIPA © Getty Images

The prime ministers of Grenada and Barbados will mediate in a meeting between the representatives of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the players association, to help to find a resolution with the ongoing contracts dispute. The meeting is scheduled to start at 1130 local time in Grenada.

Dinanath Ramnarine, the president of the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA), welcomed the intervention of Dr Keith Mitchell, Grenada's prime minister, and Owen Arthur, Barbados's prime minister. "We consider that the dispute is capable of being resolved once a process of dialogue is resumed and we hope that your initiative is able to facilitate this," Ramnarine indicated in a press release. "A failure to arrive at a satisfactory resolution of this issue can do irreparable harm to West Indies cricket".

Mitchell himself concurred: "Given the vital importance of cricket to the social and economic development of the Region, I felt it was essential to have this matter resolved in the most amicable way possible."

Ramnarine has received support for his stance against the WICB from Tim May, the chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers' Association. "It is ridiculous to suggest that players should agree to give away the right for third parties to use their image and attributes for advertising and promotional purposes without any financial consideration," he said. "[They are] conditions that no group of players or player association could possibly accept.