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West Indies Faces Crisis As BCCI Suspends Future Bilateral Series, Takes Legal Action

Cricket in the West Indies was "plunged into its deepest crisis" on Monday when the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced it was "suspending all future bilateral series, threatening financial ruin for the sport in the Caribbean," according to Nick Hoult of the London TELEGRAPH. The BCCI also announced it would "launch legal proceedings to recover" at least $65M in losses after the West Indies "pulled out of its tour to India with a one-day international, a Twenty20 and three Tests to play." Like all Test-playing nations, West Indian cricket "relies heavily on broadcasting deals, perimeter advertising and sponsorship generated from tours by the Indian team," which is due to visit in '16 and '17, and "four times in total over the next eight years." Without that income, "it is hard to see how West Indian cricket," which was $5M in debt last year, "can survive, forcing its administrators to beg for a compromise." The West Indies board would also be "crippled" by a legal bill of $65M if a compromise deal is "not struck with the BCCI to resolve a dispute which began at the end of last week when the West Indies team, captained by Dwayne Bravo, pulled out of the tour due to a protracted contractual dispute" (TELEGRAPH, 10/21).

FILLING THE VOID: REUTERS' Amlan Chakraborty reported to fill the void, the BCCI "swiftly arranged a five-match one-day series with Sri Lanka next month." BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel said, "The members appreciated the gesture of the Sri Lankan Cricket Board for having accepted our request...at such a short notice." The West Indies Cricket Board has "convened an emergency board meeting in Barbados later on Tuesday to discuss the issue." India's decision is a "fresh blow for the WICB which has already been grappling with a rumbling pay dispute." The WICB and the West Indies Players' Association signed a new agreement last month covering "pay and conditions but it was rejected by the senior players, including one-day captain Dwayne Bravo who said they were kept in the dark" (REUTERS, 10/21). The LONDON TIMES reported the WICB eventually made a "conciliatory offer of sending a new group of players to fulfill the fixtures but the guaranteed mismatch failed to appease the Indians or their commercial partners" (LONDON TIMES, 10/21).

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