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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">St John&#39;s (Antigua), Nov 19 (IANS\/CMC) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has confirmed that left-handed batsman Darren Bravo was the only player not to have signed the match\/tour contracts ahead of the team&#39;s tour of South Africa, as 14 players out of the 15-member squad agreed to sign on the dotted line.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The WICB said it received all but one of the signatures within their stipulated deadline Tuesday, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&ldquo;The WICB thanks the players for their timely and positive responses and looks forward to a successful tour of South Africa,&rdquo; the WICB said in a statement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&quot;Darren Bravo wrote to Chairman of Selectors Clive Lloyd and requested not to be considered for the Test series due to personal reasons.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The 25-year-old, the younger brother of One-Day International (ODI) captain Dwayne Bravo, also didn&#39;t play in the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force&rsquo;s first round match of the WICB Professional League last weekend against Barbados Pride.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In fact, he was left out of the squad named for the first two rounds, with selectors claiming the player made himself unavailable since his return from the troubled tour of India.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Bravo was a member of the West Indies squad which took the controversial decision to quit the tour of India midway over a contract row with their union, West Indies Players Association (WIPA).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In recent years, Bravo has become a permanent fixture in the Windies top order and averages 43 from 32 Tests with 2,311 runs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">However, only last year, he also abruptly left the tour of New Zealand for &ldquo;personal reasons&rdquo;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The board said it is looking forward to his return.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&ldquo;The WICB extends its best wishes to Bravo as he seeks to address his personal matters and looks forward to his return to the game.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">A replacement players is expected to be named soon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Meanwhile, the players move to sign match tour contracts is a major development, which will now see the three-Test tour of South Africa proceed as planned next month.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The contracts were at the centre of the controversial abandoned tour last month, with players contending that the new terms would have resulted in a significant reduction in their earnings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Following a series of meetings between the WICB, WIPA and the players, it was decided that the contract would go to arbitration.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The West Indies will face South Africa in the first Test at SuperSport Park in Gauteng Dec 17.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">--IANS\/CMC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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