More players decline WICB central contracts

[Saj]

St John’s, ANTIGUA - The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) now has 12 men and 15 women who have all signed central contracts for the West Indies for the period up to September 30, 2017. Alzarri Joseph heads a list of newcomers to the retained list of men; while the number of women increased from 11 to 15.

The full lists are:

Men

· Devendra Bishoo

· Jermaine Blackwood

· Kraigg Brathwaite

· Roston Chase

· Miguel Cummins

· Shane Dowrich

· Shannon Gabriel

· Jason Holder

· Shai Hope

· Leon Johnson

· Alzarri Joseph

· Jomel Warrican

Women

· Merissa Aguerilla

· Shermaine Campbelle

· Shamilia Connell

· Britney Cooper

· Shanel Daley

· Deandra Dottin

· Afy Fletcher

· Kycia Knight

· Kyshona Knight

· Hayley Mathews

· Anisa Mohammed

· Shaquana Quintyne

· Shakera Selman

· Tremayne Smartt

· Stafanie Taylor


Three male players have notified the Selection Panel they are declining the offer. They are top-order batsmen, Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo and all-rounder, Carlos Brathwaite. All three are currently in the Test Team playing against Pakistan.

The central contracts for women range from US$12,000 to US$30,000; while the contracts for men range from US$100,000 to US$150,000. The contract for the period is based on performances from October 1, 2015 to September 2016.

The WICB also has 90 additional players on contract for the six franchises and their salaries range from US$15,600 to $30,000. Those players are part of the first-class set-up. The 4-Day Professional Cricket League begins next Friday, November 11 with matches in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and St Kitts. The Super 50 is scheduled for January to February 2017.

Separate arrangements are on offer for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) the region’s Twenty20 domestic league and those packages range from US$5,000 to US$160,000.

West Indies will play in a Tri-Nation One-Day-International series with Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. The series, scheduled for Zimbabwe, is due to start Wednesday, November 16.

 

[Rana]

Carlos Brathwaite??? Who does he think he is already????

I mean we all know Marlon Samuels and his big ego. Dwayne Bravo is past it anyways. Im shocked at Carlos Brathwaite! sending out the worst possible message to the rest of the youngsters emerging in the West Indies!

 

[Abdul]

Not surprised to see this happening as WICB is managed very poorly

but the main question is will WICB keep these players in the side after all of this?

 

[CricFan2012]

Carlos Brathwaite??? Who does he think he is already????

I mean we all know Marlon Samuels and his big ego. Dwayne Bravo is past it anyways. Im shocked at Carlos Brathwaite! sending out the worst possible message to the rest of the youngsters emerging in the West Indies!

Darren bravo, who scored the best century of the series. And I agree, seems weird

 

[Suleiman]

Damn West Indies still has a lot of moola.

Used to think they were strapped for cash, clearly not the case. IIRC they make more than Pakistani players right?

 

[MenInG]

Things have changed overnight!

Maybe Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad should also try that trick....

 

[Executioner]

But they don't get paid even, right?

 

[R1ddlR]

they have just refused to give Pollard his clearance for RamSlam, WI Board is crrrrrrrrrrrrrrazzzzzzy.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

I guess that is a decent amount of pay for WI cricketers also lot of them anyway play CPL and other leagues. Bravo and Carlos maybe just want to be freelancers hence don't want to get tied with a contract and Samuels has also 1/ 2 years left so wants to make most of it also his Test form has gone south.

 

[Ellipsism]

But they don't get paid even, right?

Who needs the board when you can turn up at a league and get payed double the amount in a two week period.

 

[Misia]

Wicb lookingbfor high percentage cut from NOC's

 

[TestMatch]

Bravo and Carlos maybe just want to be freelancers hence don't want to get tied with a contract

Darren Bravo has repeatedly said in the past that he is avoiding T20 leagues to focus specifically on test cricket and the West Indies. It was only when the WICB awarded him a C-list payment contract that he refused the WICB's offer and threatened to "join" T20 leagues. The WICB are giving young players A and B payment contracts but trying to push our their seniors, I think.

 

[Saj]

WICB AND ITS POSITION ON PLAYER RELEASE FEES FOR TWENTY20 LEAGUES

St John’s, ANTIGUA – We acknowledge that the matter of player release fees is between full-member boards and should never be seen as an issue with players who wish to play in other jurisdictions. We at the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) recognize that the global cricket industry has changed and we would like to place the following on record:

1. We would always like all eligible players to participate in our regional tournaments to ensure the highest quality of competition

2. We are aware that over the last three years, the number of domestic Twenty20 leagues has increased and there are now eight, including our own Caribbean Premier League. This means that there are now year-round lucrative opportunities around the world for West Indian cricketers, competing with WI regional competitions and sometimes even with WI international cricket. At present, there are 18 players in seven leagues.

3. Unlike some of the other ICC Full Members, WICB is not able to match the level of contracts that players can earn playing outside of the West Indies, while maintaining the levels of investment necessary to ensure and nurture future generations of West Indian cricketers and the sustainability of West Indies cricket

4. We have an agreement with two Full-Member boards – the BCCI and the BCB - for player-release fees

5. The release fees form part of an overall contribution to the continued development of:

a. The six franchises and clubs represented

b. High Performance programme

c. Training and development of technical officials

d. Women’s cricket

e. A-Team tours

f. A comprehensive under-19 programme

and are split between WICB, the Territorial Board and the club within the territory with which the player is registered

6. WICB is seeking to encourage other ICC Full Members to recognise the impact that players leaving the West Indies to play in domestic T20 leagues has on West Indies cricket and to work with WICB in finding a solution to the challenge of securing the best cricketing talent with the limited resources available.

7. WICB has made numerous appeals to the individual member boards, We will continue to have these discussions with the full member boards to resolve as soon as possible. We would like them to follow the precedent already set.

8. The WICB will continue on its quest to develop its player to help our teams maintain top positions in each format of the game. We need the best mix of financial and human resources at all levels to achieve those goals.

 

[Junaids]

Darren Bravo could be in a spot of trouble.........

The West Indies' best batsman recently turned down the insulting offer of a Category C contract.

Dave Cameron, who has led the West Indies Cricket Board from crisis to disaster for the last four years then went on TV and stated that this is because of Bravo's alleged poor performances over the last 2 years, during which time he has averaged an admirable 43.44 in overseas Tests.

Bravo has just written the following Tweet to Dave Cameron, Chairman of the West Indies Cricket Board:

"You hav been failing 4 d last 4yrs. Y don't u resign and FYI I've neva been given an A contract. Big idiot [MENTION=44233]Dave[/MENTION]c51,"

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

 

[shaz619]

The West Indies' best batsman recently turned down the insulting offer of a Category C contract.

Dave Cameron, who has led the West Indies Cricket Board from crisis to disaster for the last four years then went on TV and stated that this is because of Bravo's alleged poor performances over the last 2 years, during which time he has averaged an admirable 43.44 in overseas Tests.

Bravo has just written the following Tweet to Dave Cameron, Chairman of the West Indies Cricket Board:

"You hav been failing 4 d last 4yrs. Y don't u resign and FYI I've neva been given an A contract. Big idiot [MENTION=44233]Dave[/MENTION]c51,"

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

True

He should relocate to England or even Warwickshire , we'll have him! Our borders are open! there is no wall built around Birmingham, only around Manchester because we just don't want to go there and contain everything that is in it

 

[GenericBrand]

Who has been given Category A? Darren Bravo is a great test bat in a pathetic WI line-up over the past 5 years.

 

[Junaids]

I guess that Pakistan's Test tour of the West Indies next May just got a lot easier!

 

[Junaids]

Who has been given Category A? Darren Bravo is a great test bat in a pathetic WI line-up over the past 5 years.

No-one.

Everyone was given a C apart from Kraigg Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels who got B's.

The time really has come for the West Indies cricketers to go on an all-out strike against the Board.

 

[shaz619]

I guess that Pakistan's Test tour of the West Indies next May just got a lot easier!

 

[shaz619]

No-one.

Everyone was given a C apart from Kraigg Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels who got B's.

The time really has come for the West Indies cricketers to go on an all-out strike against the Board.

So where is all the money being spent since the talent is not being invested in ?

 

[Junaids]

So where is all the money being spent since the talent is not being invested in ?

The Board!

 

[Haroon786]

I guess that Pakistan's Test tour of the West Indies next May just got a lot easier!

Think he averages below 30 at home.

 

[shaz619]

The Board!

Oh yes, funds are probably being used to pay for the education of their West Indian Children in the West; fees tend to be pretty high for overseas students! I guess the board is not so bad after all! good on them for investing in the future of the West Indies

 

[shaz619]

Think he averages below 30 at home.

It's incredibly strange, the pitches there are similar to the ones in the UAE not sure why he has failed; maybe lack of motivation, probably is more bothered playing away when there are more eyes on him. Hopefully a county picks him up here in England, he should settle here; WI's are doomed with a board like that, we think PCB are bad these guys are on another level

 

[Gabbar Singh]

A good chance for Pakistan to follow in the footsteps of Bangladesh and finally win a test series in the West Indies.

 

[MenInG]

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed the central contracts for WINDES Men’s and WINDIES Women’s players for the 2018/2019 year.

Whilst the previous contracts expired on the 30th of September 2018, the new contracts will be backdated to the 1st of July 2018 and run until June 30, 2019, as CWI aligns all players on the same contract period (Franchise contracts used to expire on the 31st of July and WINDIES contracts on the 30th of September).

Chief Executive Officer, Johnny Grave, says “All WINDIES and Franchise players are now contracted from the 1st of July to the 30th of June, with their performances assessed from the 1st of April to the 31st of March. This will allow for a more efficient process of reviewing, renewing and awarded contracts within West Indies professional cricket and give everyone at least three months to plan for the season ahead. Our season will start each year with the Caribbean Premier League, followed by the Super50 Cup and finish on the 4-Day competition.”
The decision to offer all format, red and white ball contracts, according to Chairman of Selectors, Courtney Browne, “allows for the better management of players as it relates to their development. At the time of recommending contracts in June some players would have developed in different formats after the process had finished, so their recent performances can’t be considered until the next contract cycle."
The full contracts list is:

All Format Retainers

Jason Holder

Shai Hope

Alzarri Joseph

Kemar Roach


Red Ball Retainers

Devendra Bishoo

Kraigg Brathwaite

Roston Chase

Miguel Cummins

Shane Dowrich

Shannon Gabriel

Shimron Hetmyer

Kieran Powell



Development Retainers

Sunil Ambris

Keemo Paul

Raymon Reifer


White Ball Retainers

Carlos Brathwaite

Ashley Nurse

Rovman Powell


Note: Evin Lewis was offered a white ball contract and declined.

New Players on retainers:

Kemar Roach

Sunil Ambris

Keemo Paul

Raymon Reifer

 

[BD-fan]

This boys should be in all format contract. "Shimron Hetmyer"

 

[giri26]

Evin Lewis turns down West Indies central contract

The West Indies opener Evin Lewis appears to be headed down the Twenty20 freelance road like some of his illustrious team-mates, having declined a white-ball contract for the 2018-19 season. Lewis’ name was missing from the latest list of players with central contracts released by Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Monday, with the board stating that he had turned down a contract for ODIs and T20Is.

Lewis, 26, has played 35 ODIs and 17 T20Is for West Indies since he debuted in 2016. He won a hefty paycheque of Rs 3.80 crore in January with IPL franchise Mumbai Indians and has also played T20 franchise cricket in Bangladesh and Canada apart from in the Caribbean Premier League. Lewis now joins the likes of Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine as West Indian cricketers without central contracts.

Among the new names on CWI’s list of centrally contracted players are Kemar Roach, Sunil Ambris, Raymon Reifer and Keemo Paul. Roach has been offered a retainer across all three formats, while the other three players have been offered contracts under the terms of what the CWI referred to as ‘Development Retainers’. The others retained for all formats are Jason Holder, Shai Hope and Alzarri Joseph.

The trio of T20I skipper Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse and Rovman Powell were the only players offered only white-ball contracts. The new CWI contracts are backdated to July 1, 2018 and run up to June 30, 2019.

“All Windies and Franchise players are now contracted from the 1st of July to the 30th of June, with their performances assessed from the 1st of April to the 31st of March. This will allow for a more efficient process of reviewing, renewing and awarding contracts within West Indies professional cricket and give everyone at least three months to plan for the season ahead. Our season will start each year with the Caribbean Premier League, followed by the Super50 Cup and finish on the 4-Day competition,” said CWI CEO, Johnny Grave, in a release.

Courtney Browne, the chairman of selectors, added: “At the time of recommending contracts in June, some players would have developed in different formats after the process had finished, so their recent performances can’t be considered until the next contract cycle.”

From the West Indies women’s team, 12 players have had their central contracts renewed.

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/evin-lewis-turns-down-west-indies-central-contract-751382

 

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