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Kingston (Jamaica), Jun 18 (PTI) The reconciliation meeting may have gone completely awry but the West Indies Cricket Board refuses to give up on Chris Gayle even after dropping him from the Test squad for the series against India starting Monday.
After a stormy showdown with the WICB officials, Gayle''s cricketing future looks bleak but the explosive batsman can expect another letter from the Board very soon to chart a way forward and end the feud which started after he accused the administrators of ignoring him during injury problems.
The decision to write to Gayle was taken at a WICB meeting yesterday, just a few days after the two parties had an angry spat ironically during a reconciliation meeting to sort out the differences.
"As the Board Meeting is on Friday June 17, it was proposed that the WICB Management would write Gayle after the meeting to outline the way forward," the WICB said.
Gayle, according to the Aid Memoire of that ill-fated June 14 meeting released by the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), was concerned that there was no timeframe for his return to West Indies team.
He also sought a clarification why he was not considered for the one-day series against India after indicating his availability to the WICB.
The West Indies board later issued another release saying it "has rejected it (Aide Memoire) as an accurate account of the meeting."
According to the minutes, Gayle was briefed about the reasons of his omission from the one-day series, which India won 3-2.
The WICB, stated that Gayle could not be selected until issues regarding his public criticism of the board and the team management were resolved.
"The comments made by him (Gayle) in the KLAS interview had created much ill-will with team management and unless there was a settling of differences, it would be difficult to see how the parties could harmoniously function," the WICB said in its release. More PTI AS PM MRM
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After a stormy showdown with the WICB officials, Gayle''s cricketing future looks bleak but the explosive batsman can expect another letter from the Board very soon to chart a way forward and end the feud which started after he accused the administrators of ignoring him during injury problems.
The decision to write to Gayle was taken at a WICB meeting yesterday, just a few days after the two parties had an angry spat ironically during a reconciliation meeting to sort out the differences.
"As the Board Meeting is on Friday June 17, it was proposed that the WICB Management would write Gayle after the meeting to outline the way forward," the WICB said.
Gayle, according to the Aid Memoire of that ill-fated June 14 meeting released by the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), was concerned that there was no timeframe for his return to West Indies team.
He also sought a clarification why he was not considered for the one-day series against India after indicating his availability to the WICB.
The West Indies board later issued another release saying it "has rejected it (Aide Memoire) as an accurate account of the meeting."
According to the minutes, Gayle was briefed about the reasons of his omission from the one-day series, which India won 3-2.
The WICB, stated that Gayle could not be selected until issues regarding his public criticism of the board and the team management were resolved.
"The comments made by him (Gayle) in the KLAS interview had created much ill-will with team management and unless there was a settling of differences, it would be difficult to see how the parties could harmoniously function," the WICB said in its release. More PTI AS PM MRM
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