West Indies training far from idyllic

Chris Gayle is still dominating West Indies cricket in spite of being 10,000 miles away from Dhaka, the venue the second Test next to Bangladesh, which begin on Saturday.

The 32-year-old opener has been persona non grata in the West Indies set-up since criticizing the board and coach Otis Gibson in a radio meeting in April.

It means Gibson is with no his most unhelpful batsman in Bangladesh, where rain insolvent the first Test in Chittagong, which was drawn.

Last week the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) called on their former captain to retract his criticisms if he wanted to be bringing back into the fold.

But Gayle, at present captaining Jamaica in a regional event in Guyana, was quote on the Jamaica Observer's website as saying: "I think they (WICB) are playing mind games with Chris Gayle.

"I have told them that I want to focus on winning this event for Jamaica and I will deal with the regret issue at the end of this competition.

"They need to say accurately what Chris Gayle should apologies for. What in the interview?

"I don't think the board needs to solve this issue. "This needs to be stopped as soon as possible and they require being clear on what I should apologies for.

"This whole thing is sad and I am getting fed up with my name being all approximately, questioning my pledge to West Indies cricket.

"Over the years I have shed blood, sweat and tears for West Indies cricket and it's sad that some would question my pledge to West Indies cricket.

"I stand for what I consider in. That's the type of person I am. Playing once more for the West Indies is in their (WICB) hands."

In Gayle's nonattendance, neither Lendl Simmons nor Kraigg Brathwaite did much to make an impression opening the batting in the first Test.

West Indies were bowled out for just 244 in the first innings reply to the hosts' 350 for nine, albeit in hard situation having seen the second and third days washed out.

Only captain Darren Sammy, batting eight, reached 50, a value the team will need to improve if they are to force a victory in Dhaka.

Bangladesh will expect for more of the same from Elias Sunny, who took seven wickets on debut, and Mushfiqur Rahim, who frightened in his first Test as captain.

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WICB is playing intelligence games with Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle has accuse the West Indies Cricket Board of "mind games" and vow to address their insist for a regret at the end of the Regional Super50 Series.

Gayle, who led Jamaica in the ongoing event in Georgetown, was told last week by the WICB that he would have to withdraw the contentious comments he made earlier this year, to be measured for selection to the regional side.

The honest Gayle was highly significant of the Board and head coach Ottis Gibson during an interview with a Jamaica radio station. He has been unnoticed for selection since.

"I established a message about the confession at a team meeting the day before we (Jamaica) had to play the Leeward’s Islands last Thursday in the middle of a local event," Gayle told reporters.

"I think they (WICB) are playing mind games with Chris Gayle. I have said them that I want to spotlight on winning this event for Jamaica and I will deal with the admission of guilt issue at the end of this competition."

The WICB mandate last week that Gayle properly back away from his earlier criticism of the Board or face separation from the West Indies side.

In a statement, the Board said they hope Gayle would "comply with the standard and supplies" they had set out as they think he could still make a meaningful payment to the regional side.

However, a enthusiastic up Gayle said the Board wanted to make it clear what precisely he had said that necessary a withdrawal, and contended it was unjust for anyone to query his commitment to West Indies cricket because of the stalemate.

"They need to say accurately what Chris Gayle should make an apology for? What in the interview?" Gayle said.

"I don't imagine the Board wants to resolve this issue. This needs to be stopped up as soon as probable and they need to be obvious on what I should make an apology for. This whole thing is sad and I am getting fed up with my name being all around, inquiring my commitment to West Indies cricket.

"Over the years, I have hut blood, sweat and tears for West Indies cricket and it's sad that some would query my promise to West Indies cricket. I stand for what I consider in, that's the type of person I am, playing once more for the West Indies is in their (WICB) hands.

Following the highly emotional interview, Gayle was told by the WICB that he wanted to give details his comments before he could be careful for selection.

However, a June meeting in Jamaica connecting Gayle, WICB and West Indies Players Association official failed to resolution the issue and the Board later said it had ended in uncertainty.

Since then, Gayle discusses the matter with Gibson and also met with WICB chief decision-making, Ernest Hilaire, but no solution was it seems that reached.

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Chanderpaul slam Windies Board

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has question WICB CEO Ernest Hilaire's comments regarding the lack of discipline and claim in the Windies team over the last decade. In a letter to the WICB (West Indies Cricket Board), Chanderpaul required a clarification from Hilaire regarding the explanation that he made next to the senior cricketers reproachful them of being disorderly and questioning their promise to the cause of the team.

The CEO during an meeting earlier with 'Line and Length network', while emphasizing upon West Indian cricket's bad run of affairs had said that lack of application and discipline over a continued period of time was accountable for their disaster.

"If you look at West Indies cricket since the mid-90s, a lot of the systems we had in place broke down. There's no regulation, there's no request. We've been doing that for 15 years and we've been losing.

"We need to put a new system in place. No one man is superior to the team, no one man is such a superstar he can decide if he is training on today, if he's going to have action tomorrow, if he's going to focus a team meeting. It cannot work that way," he said.

The left-hander has taken grave offence of the commentary and cautioned Hillarie about the "damage" he thought the meeting has done to his career.

"I must warn you that unless your explanation sufficiently deal with the matter and show them to be based on truth and free of malice, I will take whatever action necessary to clear my good name. While it would help if the WICB as an organization repudiate your comments in this regard, it would still not be enough to erase the wonderful damage already done," Chanderpaul was quoted as saying by 'Trinidad Express'.

The 36-year-old batsman, who along with Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle was drop from the nationwide team for the home sequence next to Pakistan after their World Cup disaster, claimed that statement has bring disgrace to him as an "international cricketer and loyal servant of West Indies cricket".

"I am convinced that those persons who do not know the sacrifices I have made on behalf of West Indies cricket and my dedication to the cause of West Indies cricket would believe, based on what you have said in interview, that I lack discipline and application and have not demonstrated the sense of responsibility which I know that I have shown throughout my career," Chanderpaul wrote in the letter.

The left hander also pointed to his "perfect standing for professionalism", saying that Hilaire had "cross the line by making these public accusation" that if left "recognized and (not) corrected may obliterate my career."

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