Never one to mince words, the Master Blaster takes aim at the WICB and players alike in a report from Australia's Herald Sun. 

"Some of our players today don't seem too sure who or what they are representing. Even though the board is not behaving well they must still have personal pride," he is quoted as saying.

On the subject of funding for West Indies cricket he draws a barbed comparison with "you have to know what Robert Mugabe is like in Zimbabwe, do you pump money into an establishment where the money doesn't filter through?".