Banned St.George's batsman Sinclair Gibbons yesterday slammed the Bermuda Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) for what he called gross inconsistencies in their handling of his case earlier this week and threatened to quit the sport.

While admitting he was wrong for his own actions, the 31-year-old left-handed batsman remains furious over the fact that St. David's' Phillip (Billy-Joe) Pitcher received only a slap on the wrist.

Pitcher was given a two-match ban for his part during the May 26 "rumble" at Wellington Oval, while Gibbons had the book thrown at him and was given a one-year suspension from all domestic cricket.

"It is just ridiculous that they (BCBC) gave Pitcher (Phillip) two games and I get a year!" Gibbons vented. "How could he get only two games?

"I accepted the ruling until I got down St.George's and someone told me that Pitcher had only received two years. I was furious."

It was after Pitcher was bowled by Gregg Foggo that the incident unfolded.

"I shouted to him `get out, St. David's will not be beating St. George's today' and if I used any profanity I wasn't aware of it," he added.

"As he (Pitcher) walked, his walk was not in the general direction of the pavilion it was more or less toward me and as he walked across me he took his bat in like a shot gun position and thrust it into my ribs. It was a decent enough thrust to make me keel over and when he hit me like that I just lost my head and attacked him."

Gibbons also stated that he expected to get time, but generally feels that Pitcher should have also received a stiffer punishment.

"I think that they (BCBC) have given him (Pitcher) my time and I received his time. After getting banned for a year, I stood up and approached the panel and told them `what you are telling me in so many words that you are not worrying about the guy who strikes first. You are just worrying about the guy who retaliates'.

"I was defending myself and they (BCBC) told me right there and then, `oh, we have not dealt with him (Pitcher) yet'.

"So I left there thinking that he was going to get the same amount of time that I got. But for me to find out that he got two games, just what did he do or tell them when he went in there?

"The way that I'm feeling I think that panel was a kangaroo court! Anybody who was at that game that day and saw what happened knows that I was defending myself.

"And through the entire meeting when I was explaining myself it felt to me that they (BCBC) were not worrying about me. Common sense should have prevailed after I told them that this guy (Pitcher) hit me first."

Gibbons also noted how sledging occurs in every sport, but that for a man to actually take his bat and hit another man with it - he was left with no other option, but to defend himself.

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander," added Gibbons. "There are certain people up there (BCBC) that are educated fools!"

Gibbons also said that he has had enough with the BCBC.

"I am retired now! I am not going to be coming back after all of this. They have ruined my confidence within the board to deal with any situation.

"I am not disputing my time. I am satisfied with my punishment, but the only problem that I have is the time that they gave him. I was supposed to get the two games because he struck me first!"

Umpire Randy Butler who presided over the match and openly stated in an earlier interview with The Royal Gazette that he didn't see anything, reportedly gave a full account of the events of May 26.

"The whole time Butler was saying to me was that he never saw anything, but yet I get a report saying that that happened and this happened and none of it was true and when I tried to read it out in my own words what happened, they didn't want to hear it. They didn't even want to hear my side of the story and Butler was present.

"So right from the start that's when I closed my mouth and knew that it didn't make any sense me arguing no longer. The first point that they told me was don't read out anything in my own words and they read a report from someone who initially said that he never saw anything! So where could they have got their information from?"

Meanwhile, it is also understood that Corey Hill, another player suspended during Thursday night's hearings, has packed it in for good, while team-mate Jermaine Warner received a six-match ban.

Southampton's Janeiro Tucker and Kwame Tucker along with Pitcher each received two-match bans, while Rangers' player/coach Clevie Wade had a charge for questioning the umpire's decision tossed out.