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Benn named West Indies' Player of the Year

Jun 10, 2015: Sulieman Benn was named West Indies' Player of the Year for the 2013-14 season in WICB's annual awards function in Kingston on Tuesday

England in West Indies 2015

Young generation offers West Indies hope

May 4, 2015: The game in the Caribbean remains in a fragile state, but the likes of Jermaine Blackwood and Jason Holder suggest that rebuilding is possible

Brathwaite, Jordan continue Combermere's rich legacy

May 1, 2015: The two promising players, turning out for opposing teams, are products of the Barbados school that has churned out elite Test cricketers for decades

Regional 4 Day Tournament 2014-15

Bishoo, Permaul spin Guyana to innings win

Mar 23, 2015: A round-up of the Professional Cricket League matches that ended on March 23, 2014

Regional 4-day Tournament

Guyana come from behind to win

Feb 23, 2015: A round-up of WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament matches

Barbados v Leeward Islands, Regional 4-Day Tournament, 3rd day, Bridgetown

Barbados crush Leeward, go to top

Feb 9, 2015: Barbados ensured Leeward Islands remained winless, registering an innings-and-190-run victory inside three days at the Kensington Oval.

'I have what it takes to be a great Test batsman'

Jan 28, 2015: West Indies opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite talks about his mental approach to batting, trusting his game, and his captaincy ambitions

Nagico Super50 2015

Reifer steals slim win for Guyana

Jan 17, 2015: Round-up of the Nagico Super50 matches played on January 17, 2015

South Africa v West Indies, 3rd Test, Cape Town

New Year, same battle for West Indies

Jan 1, 2015: A New Year brings a new outlook, thoughts of starting afresh, but Denesh Ramdin hopes to see West Indies start 2015 with the fight they finished 2014

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd Test, Port Elizabeth, 5th day

South Africa brush off West Indies' gains

Dec 30, 2014: With barely 200 overs bowled in the Test, both teams were left to assess their own performances with each deciding they had plenty to be pleased about

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd Test, Port Elizabeth, 4th day

Gritty Brathwaite passes stern test

Dec 29, 2014: Only 16 matches into his Test career, Kraigg Brathwaite negotiated the conditions in Port Elizabeth, South Africa's bowling attack and the clouds with class and composure

SA v WI, 2nd Test, Port Elizabeth, 4th day

West Indies collapse after big stand

Dec 29, 2014: Centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels steered West Indies past the follow-on mark before a familiar collapse revived the possibility, albeit slight, of a South Africa win

WICB Professional Cricket League 2014-15

Rain saves T&T, slim win for Jamaica

Nov 17, 2014: A round-up of WICB Professional Cricket League matches that ended on November 17, 2014

SL A v WI A, 2nd unofficial ODI, Dambulla

Second SL A one-dayer washed out

Nov 3, 2014: Monsoon rains first shortened the second one-dayer between Sri Lanka A and West Indies A in Dambulla to a 38-over match, before returning in the afternoon to wash the game out, 2.1 overs into the second innings

SL A v WI A, 3rd unofficial Test, Moratuwa, 1st day

SL A fight back after Fudadin ton

Oct 25, 2014: Assad Fudadin's fourth first-class hundred helped West Indies A to a strong start in Moratuwa, but a five-wicket haul from the offspinner Tharindu Kaushal dragged the visitors down to 239 for 6 at stumps

West Indies A in Sri Lanka A 2014-15

Brathwaite in West Indies A one-day squad

Oct 24, 2014: Opener Kraigg Brathwaite has been named in the West Indies A squad for the one-dayers against Sri Lanka A in the first week of November

Sri Lanka A v West Indies A, Matara, 3rd day

Kaushal five-for gives SL A slender lead

Oct 20, 2014: Offspinner Tharindu Kaushal's 5 for 73 gave Sri Lanka A a slender lead of 15 runs in the first innings after they were bowled out for 166 by West Indies A in Matara

WI v Bangladesh, 1st Test, St Vincent, 5th day

Most Tests by left-handers, a century after following-on

Sep 10, 2014: Stats highlights from the first Test of the two-test series between West Indies and Bangladesh, at St Vincent.

Slow batting, sloppy catching hurting West Indies

Sep 10, 2014: Despite their comprehensive victory in St Vincent, the hosts were lethargic in at least two departments, against a side already low on confidence

West Indies v Bangladesh, 1st Test, St. Vincent, 5th day

'Dropped catches a cause for concern' - Ramdin

Sep 9, 2014: Happy with the batting and bowling, West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin asked his team to improve their fielding ahead of the second Test in St Lucia