WICB, union resolve pay dispute

West Indies cricket administrators and players settled a salary dispute and cleared the way for the Caribbean side to play in a limited-overs series with India and Australia next month.

The West Indies Cricket Board WICB agreed to pay an extra total of 100,000 to the 14-man squad for the four preliminary matches in Malaysia and Singapore, and an extra 50,000 if the team made the final. In all, the board will pay out 600,000 for the four round-robin matches, and 300,000 for getting to the final, representing 30 per cent of expected revenue.

Last week, the West Indies Players Association WIPA was demanded fees ranging from 40,000 to 95,000 per player, which was about 40 per cent of the revenue to be received by the board, which considered it unreasonable.