CARICOM Heads of Government will seek to intervene in the stalemate between the former West Indies captain Chris Gayle and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) following calls by President Bharrat Jagdeo and the cricketer for the Heads to get involved.
New CARICOM Chairman Dr. Denzil Douglas said the Heads of Government have resurrected the Prime Ministerial sub-committee on cricket chaired by Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer to try and broker a deal between Gayle and the regional governing body.
The decision came on the heels of President Jagdeo’s call on his counterparts to grant Gayle his wish.
Gayle released a statement on Friday lamenting his continued exclusion from the West Indies team. The left-handed opener said the situation warranted the intervention of regional Heads of Government.
Gayle’s signal to CARICOM comes after a meeting with top WICB officials in Jamaica last month failed to resolve the standoff. A subsequent WICB directors’ meeting also failed to find a solution, with the Board stating only that its management “will continue efforts to resolve the issues with Mr. Gayle”.
President Jagdeo said both the board and the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) share the same sentiment regarding ownership of regional cricket, which he says incidentally, belongs to the people of the region.
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