West Indies Players' Association
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The West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) is the representative body for professional cricket
ers from the Caribbean nations that constitute the West Indies Cricket Board
(WICB).
WIPA is an affiliate of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations and holds itself to be the "exclusive representative and bargaining agent for Players who have been selected for their Territorial Teams and West Indies Cricket Team."
The association was established in 1973 and formally incorporated in Trinidad and Tobago
in 2003. The initial president was Rohan Kanhai
and the initial secretary Deryck Murray
.
Since the establishment of WIPA, it has had an often acrimonious relationship with the WICB.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ers from the Caribbean nations that constitute the West Indies Cricket Board
West Indies Cricket Board
The West Indies Cricket Board is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies...
(WICB).
WIPA is an affiliate of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations and holds itself to be the "exclusive representative and bargaining agent for Players who have been selected for their Territorial Teams and West Indies Cricket Team."
The association was established in 1973 and formally incorporated in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
in 2003. The initial president was Rohan Kanhai
Rohan Kanhai
Rohan Bholalall Kanhai is a former West Indian Cricket player of Indo-Guyanese descent. He is widely considered as one of the best batsmen of the 1960s. Kanhai featured in several great West Indian teams, playing with, among others, Sir Garfield Sobers, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, and Alvin...
and the initial secretary Deryck Murray
Deryck Murray
Deryck Lance Murray is a former West Indies cricketer. A wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman, Murray kept wicket to the potent West Indian fast bowling attacks of the 1970s ; his efficient glovework effected 189 Test dismissals and greatly enhanced the potency of the bowling attack.Murray...
.
Since the establishment of WIPA, it has had an often acrimonious relationship with the WICB.