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Zimbabwe's international players have called an end to their strike action, despite not having their demands for the removal of Peter Chingoka and Ozias Bvute met. According to players' representative Clive Field:

"They've put their pockets in front of their principles in the hope that they can persevere and preserve their income."

The players are also keen to ensure that Zimbabwe's Test status is preserved, despite comments by SRC chairman Brigadier Gibson Mashingaidze that government weren't bothered about such things:

"We did not want to be drawn into his comments, but [the players] are extremely disturbed that people could be willing to sacrifice the fabric of Zimbabwe cricket. The issue of Test status is a paramount one. They are keen to make it known that we have to preserve that status. The players are now waiting to see if they can salvage something from this new board."

The ICC has still not commented on events in Zimbabwe, despite having promised a statement "within 24 hours" of the news breaking on Friday.