Bravo committed to Windies but wants trust and respect

“It is true that Darren has initiated legal action against us,” WICB chief executive Johnny Grave told ESP Ncricinfo. “It has come as a surprise as I was under the impression we had agreed a way back for him. I’m very disappointed and yes, a bit frustrated.” Bravo has not played for the West Indies since having his match contract cancelled last November prior to the tri-nation series with Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. His contract was cancelled after calling WICB president a Dave Cameron a “big idiot” on Twitter after the Jamaican said Bravo was not performing while on a WICB ‘A’ retainer contract and was subsequently demoted to tier ‘C’ to motivate him to improve.

Bravo said he has never been offered an ‘A’ contract.

His lawyer yesterday argued that no one contacted Bravo or his lawyers prior to the publishing of the article which resulted in “omissions and mischaracterisations in this piece.” It was explained that subsequent to the termination of Bravo’s match contract last year, Bravo’s attorneys wrote to the WICB on the 22nd, November 2016, while following the stipulations in his match tour contract which mandated a series of steps to be taken prior to the commencement of legal proceedings.

It was immediately put forward to the WICB by Bravo’s attorneys that the Board’s actions were considered unlawful and he was claiming loss and damage and submitted a report on the matter as required.

“Following the exchange of reports on the matter, a meeting of the parties and their representatives was convened and a number of issues and possible resolution discussed. The present Chief Executive Officer was not part of any of the above interactions but did become involved subsequently and proposed a possible settlement of the matter on the 9th March, 2017 which was four-pronged in construct.

“While agreement could be reached on three of these conditions, the issue of damages remained and on the 11th April, 2017 Mr Bravo’s attorneys so informed the WICB’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Johnny Grave in writing.

Mr Grave never responded to Mr Bravo’s counsel’s letter of 11th April ,2017 but has made statements that have been published in the press without the full context of the matter which serves to create further issues.” The press release yesterday indicated that Bravo will continue to pursue his dispute with the WICB as is necessary with respect for the process which mandates a possible eleven step engagement ( that includes mediation and arbitration) and which has reached stage four and after consideration of the WICB’s Chief Executive Officer’s actions and comments which may have cast this matter in a different light .