Earn your money: Windies president

From Philip Henderson in Basseterre, St Kitts THE president of West Indies cricket has told the region's players they must start performing at a level that matches their pay packets in a stunning outburst ahead of the fourth one-dayer against Australia. With the Windies staring down the barrel of a 5-0 series sweep in St Kitts this weekend, WICB president Julian Hunte has told his team in no uncertain terms that they either start winning or run the risk of disappearing into insignificance in world cricket. "The West Indies team has to start winning matches against higher-ranked opponents or we will end up being relegated to being a second division international team (alongside Bangladesh and Zimbabwe)," Hunte said. The president claimed the Windies were was the third-highest paid players in the world, but with the team ranked... [read full story]