The West Indies Cricket Board "stares at financial ruin" after its powerful Indian counterpart demanded nearly $42M in damages for the Caribbean team's abrupt withdrawal from a tour of India last month, according to Evans & Ganguly of REUTERS. A WICB spokesperson confirmed that it had received a letter from the Board of Control for Cricket in India "outlining what the BCCI estimates as its losses from the premature end of the West Indies tour of India." The spokesperson said that "the WICB had 15 days to respond." BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel, who signed the letter to WICB President Dave Cameron, "did not respond to calls." Patel said, "The consequences of cancellation of a committed home Tour during the biggest festival season Diwali in India is a monumental disaster for the BCCI. It is during this season that our partners derive the most value from their rights." The BCCI said that "it would take legal action if the WICB failed to send a written proposal detailing the steps it intended to take to compensate the board within 15 days" (REUTERS, 11/1).
