Cricket: Row erupts over WI team selection

ST JOHN’S: The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) has accused the West Indies Cricket Board of failing to be transparent with the selection of teams for the opening matches of Pakistan’s tour of the Caribbean.

This follows the exclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, and Ramnaresh Sarwan from the West Indies team for the Twenty20 International on Thursday as well as the first two One-Day Internationals on April 23, and April 25.

“While WIPA is clear that teams should be picked on performance, potential and preparedness, it is concerned that there may be an appearance that there were other unknown factors being taken into account,” said WIPA in the media release.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 18^th,  2011.