Committee to meet with Gayle

A three-man committee has been set up by the West Indies Cricket Board to consider what action is to be taken against Chris Gayle following critical comments he made about the WICB on the recent tour of England.

Last month, the Board issued what West Indies media officer Imran Khan termed in a release, "a very strongly-worded letter of reprimand to Gayle advising him that his conduct is totally unacceptable and that the WICB will pursue this matter at the end of the tour".

At the start of the tour, Gayle voiced his disagreement with the implementation of a team curfew. And following a well publicised disagreement between the executive of the board and the selection panel over his nomination as captain for the one-day matches - for which he was eventually given the job - Gayle criticised the WICB over their handling of the matter and the late arrival of three players selected for the Twenty-20 and the ODI series.

Having met with WICB president Ken Gordon and team manager Michael Findlay about his comments and been asked to make a public apology to the WICB, the player refused.

Yesterday, at a media conference to give an account of his two-year term in office, Gordon said: "The West Indies Cricket Board met on this and a decision has been taken to have a three-man committee meet with Mr Gayle. It should be happening very shortly. So it is being pursued at the level of three people meeting with Mr Gayle." Gordon gave no further details.