Gayle: Matches will go ahead

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Reports of players boycotting the remaining three one-day internationals, which continue at the Kensington Oval on Friday, and possibly the return tour which begins next month, surfaced overnight after the failure to reach agreement over money allegedly owed to players following two days of talks in Bridgetown.

But West Indies captain Gayle is adamant that all scheduled fixtures will go ahead as planned and is expecting all the players selected to be available. And he said: "There wasn't any threat made to boycott any games to my knowledge."

He added: "They are making a bit of progress (with the talks), which is good.

"We are here to play cricket and the game will go on. There is speculation about the games not being played but the games will be going on.

"If the games weren't supposed to be going on I'd be at home cocking up my legs now, but I'm here to play cricket so the games will definitely be going on."

Gayle also rejected reports that five West Indies players - thought to be himself, Jerome Taylor, Fidel Edwards, Dwayne Smith and Dwayne Bravo - could withdraw from the tour of England to play in the Indian Premier League.

Due to the shifting back of the tournament by a week and the move to South Africa, West Indies and England players are only available for two weeks instead of three before the start of the Test series.

But Gayle stressed: "I don't think we'll be boycotting anything. We have to come to an understanding with each other between the team, the players and the Board and I think there is some sort of communication going on.

"Things are looking pretty good, I'm sure everyone will benefit from the outcome and the cricket will definitely go on rather than go into a dispute again."