There seems to be no end to the troubles of West Indies Cricket Board as former coach Ottis Gibson accused the board of sacking him over a "telephone call".
India will be based at Trinidad & Tobago in the preliminary round of the 2007 World Cup.
Only three of 13 invited players met a deadline to sign contracts for the tour next month.
The former West Indies captain will join the BBC as a radio commentator for West Indies' tour of England.
The 31-year-old left-hander, who succeeded Brian Lara as skipper, led the side to just one win in 14 Tests and two victories in 16 ODIs.
West Indies legend Brian Lara has called for the return of stars Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo for next month's one-day international tri-series against Australia and South Africa. Both Pollard and Bravo have been overlooked by selectors for the Windies ODI side since the abandoned tour of India in October 2014, despite still being chosen for Twenty20 International honours. "In terms of the tri-nations, I think it's going to be a pretty exciting tri-nations series," Lara said on Wednesday. "And hopefully we can have the likes of Pollard and Bravo - some guys who have not played that form of the game (recently) - back in the team because they are integral of any West Indies team. "Just to have them for the T20 version I think is doing a disservice to the West Indies cricket." Bravo was part of the Windies' World T20 title-winning XI, while Pollard was initially selected in the squad for the tournament before being forced to pull out due to his continued recovery from a knee injury suffered in South Africa's domestic T20 competition last November. However under the West Indies Cricket Board regulations, neither player is eligible for the tournament after failing to participate in January's domestic Super50 competition.
West Indies were further depleted when Jerome Taylor was declared unfit for the first Test against South Africa.
The ace batsman also wants an assurance that the outstanding issues would be brought to the table and discussed.
Sympathising with the West Indies players for their India tour pull-out after a fallout with the West Indies Cricket Board, Brian Lara said that communication between the players' and the board is key and it's time to stop making internal issues a public matter.
A contractual dispute between West Indies players and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is unlikely to halt next year's tour of Australia, a WICB spokesman said on Tuesday.
The outfield of the Queen's Park Oval, the venue for the fourth Test between India and the West Indies, has been rated "poor" by the Match Referee as only 22 overs could be bowled on the opening day while unplayable conditions prevented play on four consecutive days. The match ended in a draw, denying India chance to defend their top rank in the Test table.
WI have named spinner Dave Mohammed as a replacement for injured fast bowler Jerome Taylor for the tour of South Africa.
Senior West Indian players may miss the triangular series in Australia following a contract row.
A dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and its players is threatening to disrupt preparations for their tour of Australia in January.
West Indies coach Gus Logie has had his contract with the team "terminated by mutual consent", the West Indies Cricket Board has said.
West Indies have drafted all rounder Darren Sammy into their squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England next month.
The next World Cup's managing director said preparations began immediately after the bid to host the competition was won five years ago.
Chetram Singh will be unable to hold any ICC post because he is a bookie.
Following their convincing 105-run victory against West Indies in the second One-Day International on Sunday, the Indian players paid a visit to former West Indies player Dwayne Bravo's house in Trinidad for dinner.
Hall has cited a pre-existing medical condition for his decision not to seek re-election as president of the West Indies Cricket Board.
The duo are likely to play in the fourth Test against Australia, starting on Friday.
The Uttaranchal High Court has rejected former cricketer Manoj Prabhakar's plea for quashing of an FIR lodged against him in a chit-fund case in which he was arrested in 2001.
Chanderpaul, who averages more than 42 in Tests, made 101 runs in six innings in the series against England.
A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has indicated that it is close to signing a deal with a leading international team to tour the country, which has not hosted a Test nation since 2009. Najam Sethi, who heads the PCB's executive committee, said on a television channel that he cannot disclose the name of the concerned team, but it was a leading side.
The 39-year-old replaces Gus Logie, whose contract was terminated at the end of September.
India will look to plug the chinks in its armoury and provide finishing touches to its preparation for the four-Test series when it takes on the West Indies Cricket Board Presidents' XI in the final warm-up match, starting in Basseterre, St Kitts, on Thursday.
Defending champions West Indies will be without Kieron Pollard for next month's World Twenty20 in Bangladesh after the big-hitting all-rounder failed to recover from a knee injury.
The reason cited is a persistent back injury.
Fast bowler Tino Best and off-spinner Omari Banks will make \n\ntheir Test debuts, against Australia.\n\n\n\n
"Though it's tempting to play, it would curtail the development of a younger player," the former captain said.
Brian Lara will captain West Indies for the home series against England and Bangladesh.
Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Sanjay Patel has informed that the West Indies Cricket Board has sent "an apology letter" for the sudden cancellation of its India tour by their players after an internal payment dispute.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle will miss the limited over series against New Zealand after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, the West Indies Cricket Board said on Friday.
West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has committed an "anti-doping whereabouts" rule violation, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) told Reuters on Wednesday.
West Indies have postponed their visit to Pakistan for a three-match Twenty20 with the leading Caribbean players expressing concerns about their security in the country, the sources have claimed.
The recalled West Indies cricket captain says he has no regrets about giving up the role in 2000, but felt he could not turn it down again.
Wishing Garfield Sobers on his 80th birthday, India Test skipper Virat Kohli has expressed his desire to meet the legendary West Indies cricketer.
Keen to complete the controversially-abandoned 2014 tour of India, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said it would host the Indians in 2016 if its players' association agrees to a commitment on the series.
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