Cozier provides inside track on West Indies dispute on this week's ICC Cricket World audio show

On this week's ICC Cricket World audio show West Indies cricket expert Tony Cozier talks about the ongoing dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players' Association which has led to the first-choice West Indies players sitting out the current Test series against Bangladesh.

Cozier, who has been a journalist and broadcaster at the heart of cricket in the Caribbean for over 40 years, traces the origins of the stand-off and explains the issues that are separating the two sides.

"It's a very complicated situation," said Cozier. "The board put forward the contracts to the players' association and sent contracts to players.

"The players said that no, they were not satisfied with a few issues within the contract, not so much with the money, although perhaps that's one part of it but not the major part. Apparently they are taking about things such as injuries (insurance) and one and two other things like a provident fund and so on.

"And the Board said 'We can't wait any longer. The contract is there, the money is there for the contract and either you sign it or not.' The players have said 'We're not going to sign it under those circumstances.'"

The show can be used in whole or part by radio stations that want cricket content, while the public can also download it straight from the ICC website at www.icc-cricket.com.

This week's show also includes reflections on the dramatic first Ashes Test between England and Australia in Cardiff and the equally dramatic second Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Colombo.

And there is extensive coverage of the launch of the event logo for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, which took place at a ceremony in Mumbai during the past week.

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd and ex-Australia batsman Michael Bevan were all there and interviews with all three are featured on the ICC Cricket World audio show.

Lloyd, who captained his side to victory in the first two tournaments, in 1975 and 1979 (as well as a losing final against India in 1983), said: "It was great for not only me but for the West Indies people and the players who were around me. It was great for them and they would remember it for the rest of their lives. It was the highlight of my career."

Bevan, like Lloyd a two-time winner (in 1999 and 2003) as well as a losing finalist (in 1996), said: "I always looked forward to World Cups coming around because they were big tournaments and there was lot of pressure in the matches. It was always nice when the World Cup did come around to have that cut-throat style of one-day cricket. I thought that really added to the event."

During the show we also hear from Morne Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Dirk Nannes, Suresh Raina, David Hussey and Owais Shah, there is the latest news from the cricket world, a competition, and England batsman Kevin Pietersen looks ahead to the next edition of the ICC Cricket World TV show.

The weekly ICC Cricket World audio show runs for 15 minutes and has been put together by the ICC's global broadcast partner ESPN STAR Sports.