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Super stuff, it'll be a formality to wrap this one up on the morning of Day 5. Who knew Joe "Shane Warne" Root would be the man...well, probably most of us, given the AI and their spinning struggles! Looking like a dominant start to the series for you.

A strong afternoon session sees us lose the no more than the one wicket i hoped for, and put on 116 more to the score. Blackwood fell one short of his half century when nicking Matt Henry off to Blundell behind the pegs, but other than that there were precious few scares, as John Campbell...

Yes updates will always be session by session in format and should never be too long between them unless life really gets in the way! Thanks for the comments lads, going to be a tough challenge but one it'll be fun to share.

A cracking session of play to start this tour sees three early clatters, as we fall into more than a spot of bother at 24/3... ...thankfully after that Jermaine Blackwood finally provided the fluent John Campbell with a reliable wing man, as they put on an unbeaten 57 partnership to take us...

A hard, grassy deck awaits us at the Basin Reserve for the first test. Tests two and three will take place at Wellington Park and the Auckland Oval respectively. The teams are announced and both go all seam, with conditions warm but not hot, plenty of the green stuff left on the deck, the...

With the West Indies languishing in 8th in the current Test world rankings, last of the bigger full time test playing nations effectively, shows the scale of the task Tremendous has on his hands. The job to rectify this, to begin the rise up the rankings begins with a very tough trip to the...

Are you Pakistan, if so did you play one?

After dominating world cricket for some of the 70's, and much of the 80's and 90's, the wonderful world of Caribbean cricket has been in the doldrums in the test arena for a long time. Too long. This stops now. In a stunning development, the West Indies cricket board have SACKED current coach...

Deliberately left out the spinners?

It is meant to be like that i believe.

Im hurt and saddened. So much so i might need another beer to get me through this evenings play from Barbados :D

Enjoyed that mate and will be following this.

18 maidens from the skipper too with an economy under one! Plenty of time left for you to force a result @Rumple43, 60 odd ahead, if you can go at say 3.5 an over till tea, that would be a lead of around 270 - but that would be a very sporting declaration with so many overs left - perhaps go...

Yeah its a tough dilemma. Obviously we can have in house rules like no short leg etc, but that doesnt stop it, and why should we, not realistic is it? The vast majority of the 20 Saffer wickets i skittled out, all with spin, were edges to the keeper, slips and bowled, only 2/3 to short leg, so...

A rapid fire one and a half day test match. The AI really CANNOT handle spin, on spinning decks can they?

No, i dont want it that they are always perfect and stop everything, thats not realistic either, its just that the diving over the ball is way too common, Ive just bowled 25 overs straight and ive seen at least 6 or 7 instances. If it could be toned down somewhat, thats all id ask. Appreciate...

As does square leg. Im sure you get the message now. This just hasnt been fixed at all, sadly.

Mid off still loves a bit of this too...

My first impression was...not a good one. First over bowling, easy one to cover, but no, instead he dives over it and they ease three, you can see the ball in the shadow under him. Lets hope this isnt too common...