CRICKET West Indies (CWI) has established a new technical committee that will advise its selection panel what players are eligible for selection to the senior squad and will also determine which player will be granted No-Objection Certificate.

The NOC grants players permission to participate in the T20 leagues across the globe.

This newly established committee will also be reviewing the system used to determine Windies Men’s contract grades as well as establishing a grading system for the award of retainer contracts for the Windies Women players.

CWI vice-president Emmanuel Nathan will chair the six-member committee that will also be comprised of the Chairman of the Cricket Committee, Julian Charles; Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams; the Chairman of Selectors, Courtney Browne; Windies Men head coach Stuart Law, Windies Women head coach Henderson Springer, and a nominee of the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) which most likely will be its president and CEO Wavell Hinds.

“The committee will serve as an important resource to the CWI Cricket Committee on specific cricket matters,” said CWI Director of Cricket Jimmy Adams.

At the last CWI Board meeting two Saturdays ago in Barbados, CWI’s Board of Directors approved a new policy that any player withdrawing from selected squads on two consecutive occasions will now have to write to the Chairman of Selectors to confirm that they wish to be considered for future selection.

“We have had a number of withdrawals in recent times and it has severely impacted on the Selection Panel’s ability to choose a settled squad for international matches,” said Adams.

“Going forward, this is one of the areas that the Technical Committee will have to adjudicate upon to bring more balance to the situation.

“The Directors’ decision to form a Technical Committee will allow for a more robust and efficient process to decide on player eligibility, player contract grading and the awarding of NOCs.”