KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC):

Wavell Hinds, who ignored calls to step down at the height of an impasse with the West Indies Cricket team late last year, has been re-elected as president of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

Hinds, a former West Indies cricketer, was re-elected unopposed at WIPA's annual general meeting at the Four Seasons hotel in Jamaica on Monday.

He was involved in a bitter row with former West Indies one-day international captain, Dwayne Bravo, who raised concern over his role in a signed collective bargaining agreement between WIPA and the West Indies Cricket Board.

The dispute over the agreement led to the controversial decision by West Indies to cut short their tour of India.

In a release issued yesterday, WIPA said the vice-president is former treasurer Nixon Mclean. Wayne Lewis retained his position as secretary; the new treasurer is former West Indies wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs and the newly elected assistant secretary is Windward Islands Volcanoes' captain, Liam Sebastien.