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Haynes wants end to WICB, players spat
Bridgetown (Barbados): Legendary former West Indies opener Desmond Haynes wants an end to the bickering between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its players.
The 58-year-old Haynes, whose illustrious career marked the high point of West Indies cricket during the late 1970s and 1980s, said the stakeholders needed t
o stop the “blaming game” and get the matter resolved as quickly as possible, as per reports.
“I would like to see some unity. I would like to see us get it sorted from all angles,” Haynes was quoted as saying by the Barbados Today online newspaper Friday.
“I would hope that we as a people would not look at a blaming game, but look at trying to find solutions.”
The Barbadian finished his career with 7487 runs from 116 Tests and 8648 runs from 238 One-Day Internationals.
He is regarded as one of the finest openers to have played the game in either format.
Haynes, who recently served as a batting consultant to the West Indies team, said the regional side could return to the top of world cricket but warned the process would be a long one.
“I would like to see us back on top most definitely, number one in the world but it’s going to take some time,” Haynes acknowledged.
West Indies players, the WICB and players union, WIPA, have been locked in a dispute ever since the one-day players abruptly quit the tour of India last month over a contracts row.
A definitive resolution to the crisis is yet to be announced.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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