BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Although admitting that Cricket West Indies (CWI) had to take full responsibility for West Indies’ disappointing performance in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, chief executive officer Johnny Grave has declared he will not be resigning.

HOBART, Tasmania – Alzarri Joseph says West Indies already have a laser-like focus on winning Friday’s final qualifier against Ireland, and would not be distracted by speculation over weather forecasts which show rain could play a role in the last series of matches here.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A West Indies Academy team and Combined Campuses and Colleges will contest this year’s Regional Super50 Cup, as part of eight teams set to do battle in the Cricket West Indies limited overs championship bowling off later this month.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) is not ruling out the possibility of having separate coaches for the white-ball and red-ball teams when they replace Phil Simmons who has resigned as head coach.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – World champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson were conferred with Jamaican national honors for their sporting achievements on National Heroes Day.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Lawyers representing West Indies batsman, John Campbell, say the cricketer will make a decision soon on whether to appeal a four-year ban imposed by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) for an anti-doping violation.

MIAMI, FL – Jamaica’s Reggae Girls have been handed a tough group for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, drawn alongside giants France and Brazil.

HOBART, Australia – Ottis Gibson, one of the architects of West Indies’ Twenty20 World Cup in 2012, believes the Caribbean side may require a rethink of strategy in order to find success again in the shortest format.

MELBOURNE, Australia – Despite West Indies’ win in their first warm-up match ahead of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup which begins in just under a week, assistant coach Roddy Estwick says the squad still has some work to do.

SYDNEY, Australia – Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has slammed West Indies’ premature exit from the Twenty20 World Cup as a “disgrace”, and has questioned the players’ desire to represent the Caribbean side at global events.

MELBOURNE, Australia – Two-time Twenty20 World Cup-winning captain, Daren Sammy, believes West Indies can produce “something special” at the latest edition of the tournament starting later this month.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua – Captain Hayley Matthews struck her sixth Twenty20 International half-century but that was the only highlight for hapless West Indies Women, as they slumped to a five-wicket defeat off the last delivery of the final T20I against New Zealand Women here Thursday.