Carib Beer 2003 cricketers get pay hike

ST JOHN’S: Players who took part in the Carib Beer 2003 Cricket Series will receive an increase in the fees that were paid to them by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

Additionally, players who were injured while representing the West Indies during 1999 and 2002 will be compensated. These were the major features of an agreement reached between the WICB and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) yesterday. “We are happy that the issues that were outstanding have now been resolved and we look forward to a new era in relations between the WICB and the WIPA,” remarked Roger Brathwaite, chief executive officer of the WICB. WIPA pesident Dinanath Ramnarine, while expressing satisfaction with the agreement, underlined the need for greater co-operation between the Board and WIPA. “Now that we have got these issues settled retroactively, we need to finalise the collective agreement that would govern all future relations between the players and the Board, and the retainer contract that has been promised,” he said. “The negotiations were conducted in a spirit of goodwill and mutual respect which we hope will characterise all future relations between the WICB and the players.”