WEST INDIES CRICKET....Dwayne Bravo: All players in the loop, shocked at Marlon Samuels' statement if true

Saturday, October 25, 2014 | 1:21 AM    

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - 

West Indies ODI captain Dwayne Bravo, in a letter sent to the media yesterday, stated that all correspondences sent and decisions taken by the West Indies squad in India was “in concert with all of the members of the squad” and he was nominated and accepted the responsibility to correspond on behalf of the players on the tour.

Dwayne Bravo (left) and Marlon Samuels 

He also noted that Marlon Samuels “contributed vigorously to the discussions held and indicated clearly, at that time, that he would stand with any decision taken by the team,” contrary to media reports that the batsman wanted nothing to do with one-day team’s plan to abandon the tour.

The decision of the team was to withdraw their services following a bitter wrangle with the Wavell Hinds-led West Indies Players Association (WIPA) over the new terms of the recently negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement, which they have claimed results in a drastic reduction in their earnings.

Bravo’s letter comes in response to media reports which he said seemed to be concentrating on him. “Much of the reporting on this situation seems to be concentrating primarily on me and not on the fact that the action taken was in concert with all of the members of the squad,” the all-rounder wrote. more