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Everything is in place for the West Indies cricket team's tours of Sharjah and Singapore.

Negotiations have been finalised between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) surrounding fees and prize money for the players for the two One-Day tournaments next month.

Negotiations were said to have run smoothly and the players were satisfied with the details of the agreement. However, plans have not been finalised for the Test tour to New Zealand later this year since the finer points of the itinerary have not been ironed out.

That trip is expected to include two Tests and five One-day Internationals, starting in December.

Less than a year ago there was a major fall-out between the boards and the players' representative over fees for the inaugural Test tour of South Africa.

It required lengthy meetings in London among officials from the Players' Association, WICB and the South African Cricket Board to settle the impasse which attracted international attention.

After that the West Indiss Cricket Board and WIPA reached an agreement in November, outlining details for further negotiations.

The agreement covered a number of issues:

• Reaffirmation of WICB's recognition of WIPA's representative role;

• WICB and WIPA would work closely in a joint marketing programme from which all funding raised would be shared between the players and the WICB;

• The WICB retainer initiative would be reintroduced as soon as practicable;

• WICB would take all practical steps to improve remuneration of players on future tours;

• WICB would review current insurance cover to ensure adequacy;

• WICB would consider and review the grievance and disciplinary code and all procedures, including appeals.