Bermuda?s national cricket team boycotted a training session over a contract dispute, has learned.

The majority of the national cricket team, who have qualified for next year?s World Cup in the Caribbean, have gone full time in recent months to aid their preparation for cricket?s largest event. But there have been a number of issues related to their contracts since the decision was made to allow them to quit their jobs to concentrate on training and playing. The ongoing row reached a head earlier this month when new draft contract proposals were rejected by the players who reacted by refusing to attend a scheduled practice session the following day at the National Sports Centre. Although the players have now resumed training, the revelation still comes as a blow to the national cricket programme which received $11m of Government money just shy of a year ago.

It is understood the players were upset that the new draft contract proposals withdrew monthly retainers which had been in place in the initial contracts awarded by the Bermuda Cricket Board.

?My job is to make sure the players are out there on the field playing and also to make sure they are comfortable while playing,? said national coach Gus Logie, a former West Indies Test star. ?And if it means I have to talk to the players as well as the Board, then that?s what I have to do. I?m only doing my job.?