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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">St. John&#39;s (Antigua), Oct 31 (IANS\/CMC) Former West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts said he is not in agreement with the decision by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to first setup a task force to probe the circumstances which gave rise to the abandoned tour of India rather than salvaging ties with the BCCI.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Roberts, a member of the world champion West Indies teams of the 1970s, says the board should first move to head-off threats made by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">BCCI has threatened legal action to recover an estimated $65 million and announced that it was also suspending all bilateral tours to the Caribbean.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;I would not go the route of a task force right now. I would get people down to India to see if we can salvage anything,&quot; Roberts told The Gleaner.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;For me, that is more important right now than to set up a task force to find out what transpired between WIPA, the players, and the board.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The Indians were expected to play five series against the West Indies in the next eight years, including four visits to the Caribbean.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The West Indies, in addition to the tour-opening five-match ODI series, were slated to play three Tests and a Twenty20 international.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">However, the tour was called off amid player&rsquo;s discontent over the terms and conditions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), signed recently between the WICB and West Indies Players Association (WIPA).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Players have argued it results in a drastic reduction in their earnings and have called for a return to the old CBA.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;If India goes through with their threats of cancelling or suspending tours for how much years, our cricket is going to suffer tremendously,&quot; Roberts said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;It may take you another two or three months before this task force sends in its report. For me, it&#39;s a situation of let&#39;s see if we can salvage something from the Indian board before that.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Roberts has criticised the players&#39; decision to end the tour but said he was awaiting full details of the impasse before casting blame.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">--IANS\/CMC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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