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Denesh Ramdin has called for his team-mates to be less wasteful of their starts in Test cricket, after West Indies went down to New Zealand by 53 runs in Barbados, resulting in a 2-1 series defeat

Only be satisfied with big tons, Ramdin urges West Indies

Farveez Maharoof and Seekuge Prasanna plundered 56 off the last 4.4 overs to carry Southern Express into the final with a three-wicket win over Western Troopers in the eliminator in Colombo

Maharoof, Prasanna launch Express into final

Lou Vincent, the former New Zealand batsman, has been banned for life by the ECB after he admitted breaching the ECB's anti-corruption regulations

Vincent banned for life by ECB

Lou Vincent, the former New Zealand batsman, has publicly accepted that he fixed matches

'My name is Lou Vincent and I am a cheat'

Full text of Lou Vincent's statement

Brendon McCullum has hailed New Zealand's "awesome" bowling on the final day to clinch the series-deciding Barbados Test

'We are showing how good we can be' - McCullum

Brad Hodge's expected move from the Melbourne Stars to the Adelaide Strikers has been confirmed, with the batsman joining the Strikers as both player and assistant coach

Hodge joins Adelaide Strikers

The Big Bash League season has been cut by eight days and will run from December 18 to January 28 this season, fitting mostly within the school holiday period

Shortened BBL season announced

Najam Sethi, the PCB chairman, has said the Pakistan board stands to gain US$450 million over the next eight-year cycle

Sethi hopeful of huge revenue gains for PCB

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'We had good rhythm in partnerships' - Williamson

Kane Williamson, the New Zealand batsman, has credited positive batting from the middle order for the 307-run lead that his side amassed against West Indies in Barbados

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More lies ahead at the ICC

The takeover of the ICC by the Big Three may have signalled a new world order, but there was something that remain changed. The new age of international cricket administration started the same way as it had ended - in a blizzard of lies, writes Osman Sami

Chris Gayle has been rested from the two Twenty20 internationals against New Zealand in Dominica, while Dwayne Bravo remains unavailable due to injury

Gayle rested for T20s against New Zealand

Hashim Amla, who will be leading South Africa for the first time in the two Tests in Sri Lanka, has said his initial focus is on performing as a batsman in the three ODIs that precede the Tests

Amla focussed on ODIs before Test captaincy

Neil Wagner has said that the New Zealand bowlers will back themselves to defend a lead of 250 in the Bridgetown Test against West Indies

Wagner confident of defending 250

A round-up of the Super 4s Twenty20 Tournament matches played on June 28

All-round Udarata ease to big win

Derbyshire's rocky season continues with the news that three players are leaving the club with immediate effect

Derbyshire suffer mid-season exodus

Netherlands and Nepal have been granted Twenty20 international status by the ICC board at the annual conference in Melbourne

Nepal, Netherlands get T20 international status

Kraigg Brathwaite has said that his match-winning century in Trinidad had instilled him with self-belief, and that it was the catalyst for his current vein of good form

'Trinidad hundred gave me confidence' - Brathwaite

WICB's David Cameron and PCB's Najam Sethi have been elected to the ICC's executive committee, which will be chaired by Wally Edwards and includes N Srinivasan and Giles Clarke

WICB, PCB heads elected to ICC executive committee