West Indies Cricket Board CEO Michael Muirhead said that West Indies players will share the entire $1.6M in prize money for winning the men's World Twenty20 title "as well as a portion of sponsorship revenue," according to Kayon Raynor of REUTERS. The offer, however, "does not appear to have mended the rift between the board and the players, who faced the threat of being replaced for the tournament over a financial dispute, before they backed down and accepted the board's terms." Captain Darren Sammy said that the team had "felt disrespected by the board coming into the tournament," but Muirhead said that "their relationship had been repaired." Muirhead said, "Yes we had our differences and we had a lot of dialogue and it was made public, but I must say in the end we were able to resolve our differences." Sammy, who dedicated the win to the fans, however criticized the WICB and sided with Caribbean Community and Common Market political leaders, "who have called for the Dave Cameron-led executive of the WICB to be disbanded" (REUTERS, 4/3).
