West Indies Shane Dowrich performs a shot off the bowling of England’s Toby Roland-Jones on the third day of the third Check match between England and the West Indies at Lord’s Cricket Floor in London, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.
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Retired West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich is suing Cricket West Indies for near US$172,000 for lack of earnings in a lawsuit filed final month within the Excessive Court docket of Barbados.
He’s searching for particular damages for being thought-about ineligible for choice in Assessments between February 2021 and August 2022.
The lawsuit stemmed from the method CWI used three years in the past to disclaim Dowrich a renewal of his central retainer contract, which was valued at about US$150,000 and can be searching for a sum for common damages due to the wrongful dedication of his standing.
CWI was served lately in Antigua and may have 28 days to acknowledge the receipt of the lawsuit, and an additional 14 days to file a protection, with a potential listening to date in mid-April.
The 32-year-old Barbadian performed 35 Assessments and a single ODI for the Caribbean after he made his worldwide debut in a Check towards Australia 9 years in the past in Dominica.
Dowrich final performed for West Indies on the Tour of New Zealand 4 years in the past when he suffered a finger damage, and he later requested to be launched from the tour citing private causes.
He was the first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman on the time however was not supplied a brand new retainer contract the next yr.
Dowrich was most lately named within the 13-member Barbados Delight squad for subsequent month’s begin of the West Indies Championship, after he formally retired from worldwide cricket.
His choice led to his withdrawal from the West Indies squad for his or her One-Day Worldwide dwelling collection towards England in December.
