The West Indies Cricket Board will hold an inquiry into claims that Marlon Samuels passed on vital team information to a bookie during the team's four-match one-day series in India last month.

A WICB spokesman said the Board will take action "consistent with the law" and the inquiry will involve all agencies concerned, including the West Indies Players' Association of which Samuels is a member.

"Whatever we do will be fair, honest and transparent. Whatever action we have to take consistent with the law, we will take it," Tony Deyal, WICB Corporate Services Manager, was quoted as saying on the BBC on Friday.

"We will have an investigation and take whatever action is appropriate and consistent with the ICC regulations and our own reputation for probity.

"We had world champion sides for many years and we have always done whatever had to be done in terms of protecting the game and protecting the players.

"Anything that we are going to do will have three major parts to it. One, what is the complaint and what proof is there.

"Two, there must be an investigation internally, most likely headed by the cricket committee.

"And third, we will involve the Players Association because Samuels is a member and we are duty bound to involve all parties."