West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Julian Hunte has written CARICOM Chairman Bharrat Jagdeo requesting a meeting to rectify what he terms as 'misinformation' regarding the failed mediation talks with the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA).

In a strongly worded letter to the Guyana president, Hunte expressed his frustration that the WICB had been blamed for the collapse in talks and said 'urgent damage control' was needed to correct this perception.

"It is my sincere hope that you will agree that an early meeting between us may assist in correcting the erroneous impressions that have been conveyed in order to forestall any further adverse effect on the reputation of West Indies Cricket," Hunte wrote.

"At the same time, I trust that you will appreciate the urgent need for us to set about some urgent damage control measures having regard to the misinformation that is already in the public domain."

Jagdeo delivered a stinging attack on the WICB last week, placing heavy blame on the regional governing body for the failed mediation talks which were headed by former Commonwealth secretary general Sir Shridath Ramphal.

Mediation deal

Jagdeo, who brokered the mediation deal in Guyana in July, said it had been his understanding that when the WIPA agreed during their July 21 meeting to make all their players available for selection, the move would allow 'normalcy' to return to team selection.

Instead, Jagdeo said the WICB prejudiced the mediation effort from the start by not disclosing they had already selected a Champions Trophy squad without the top-flight players.

While not calling the WICB by name, Sir Shridath Ramphal had also said that one 'party' had introduced a document late in the mediation process which had led to the stalling of talks.

But Hunte hit back at these comments, saying that Jagdeo had agreed during the July 21 meeting that while the striking players had made themselves available, "actual team selection was a matter for the board's Selection Committee".

'Factually incorrect'

Hunte also called Sir Shridath's public comments and his final report to Jagdeo "factually incorrect".

"I am advised that the articulation of the WICB's position by Sir Shridath in his press statements and in his final report to you are factually incorrect and that there was never any adoption by the WICB during the mediation proceedings of an unwillingness to negotiate on the proposed Mediation Agreement which it submitted on the night of August 31, 2009," Hunte said.

The impasse, which developed ahead of the recent Bangladesh series and led to region's leading players making themselves unavailable, is now expected to head to arbitration.