Uncertainty continued to surround the Stanford Super Series on Tuesday night with the West Indies Cricket Board expecting to be forced to withdraw its sanction of the event because of a sponsorship wrangle.
Telecommunications company Digicel took legal action ahead of the match between the Stanford Super Stars XI and England on November 1, claiming it had branding rights because of an overall sponsorship with the WICB.
The WICB admitted on Tuesday it anticipated being forced by London's High Court to remove its sanction for the game or face being in breach of the contract with Digicel.
WICB chief executive Dr Donald Peters told PA Sport: "We understand the arbitrator has ruled against the West Indies Cricket Board and at this point we are trying to evaluate what the terms of the ruling are before we make any statement."
When asked whether the High Court ruling had been communicated to the WICB, he replied: "We haven't heard that but are fairly certain that that was the direction it was going.
"As soon as my board has been informed there will be a statement."
The WICB and Digicel had been holding discussions since last Friday as they sought to put an end to the dispute that had been raging for the past few months and put the multi-million dollar match in doubt.
Despite the high sums of money and television exposure at play, an agreement between the two parties has seemingly not been reached.
The root of the dispute is the claim by Digicel - who lodged its case at the High Court in August - it has branding rights for the game under the terms of its sponsorship contract with the WICB, which it extended until 2012 in July.
Digicel's stance has caused issue with the match organisers, Stanford 20/20, who would rather find its own sponsors for the match.
Stanford 20/20, which is not a part of the arbitration process, claims that because the match is not an official West Indies fixture then Digicel's deal with the WICB does not apply, freeing it up to find its own sponsors.
Despite that, last month both parties attempted to find a resolution, without success, forcing the current arbitration to take place.
Relations between Digicel and the Stanford 20/20 organisers soured to such an extent last month that there were very real fears the match would have to be abandoned.
Both parties aired their grievances with each other in a volley of press statements to the media after weeks of talks reached a stalemate.
After Digicel rejected a compromise plan put forward by Stanford 20/20 they released a statement claiming the organisers had refused to enter into further negotiations.
"Digicel, having had its own three-point compromise solution flatly rejected by Stanford, sought [together with the WICB] to meet with Stanford representatives to further advance discussions in the matter notwithstanding Stanford's firm rejection of Digicel's compromise proposal," the statement read.
"Regrettably, Stanford flatly refused to meet with all parties and stated categorically that it refused to engage in any negotiation process involving the WICB. Digicel has urged Stanford to reconsider its position in this regard.''
Stanford responded to that release with a pointed statement of its own outlining the belief that the dispute was an 'unwanted distraction' and that the game would go ahead.