Gill gave an insight into the players' perspective in an interview with the Daily Telegraph of London.

``They'd like someone on the executive board – and they just went through a whole list of things they thought would improve the lot of not themselves but future cricketers, to get the act together for the future,'' Gill was quoted as saying.

He predicted more militant action if the board didn't keep its promises.

Meanwhile, the West Indies cricketers opened their problem-plagued South African tour in Soweto yesterday without batsman Jimmy Adams, who was being sent home because of a cut finger.

The match was delayed an hour while uniforms misplaced at the airport were recovered and brought out to the Soweto Cricket Oval with pacemen Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh, who had missed Tuesday's flight but came in yesterday morning.

Rain brought an end to the match after Lara scored an aggressive 65, as West Indies made 258 for seven in 47 overs.