Watch, move, and play late !

As New Zealand tour the West Indies in what will be a close fight :

it is likely it will come down to who spins their wheels the best.

Years back, when touring the Caribbean, there was a queue every second day :

to get an X-ray for a possible broken bone 

These days it is slow spin that will determine the outcome, and cause the pain.

Mystery spin would normally be West Indies' trump, via Suliman Benn   and Shane Shillingford,

rookies Ish Sodhi and Mark Craig carry the responsibility on the other side of the trenches.

Kiwis cannot afford to let this series get away from them, especially after being smashed

two years earlier in the same conditions.

Back then Sunil Narine dominated majorly, but this time around he won't show  :-[

Under Richard Pybus and a new  "West Indies First" mandate, :

it's a crucial blow for a once-great team to climb the ladder again.  :-[

what ladder

The one heading down to de Basement 

Brendon McCullum, whose IPL involvement ended in Saturday's semifinal :

when his Chennai Super Kings lost to Kings XI Punjab,

was given permission to miss their final warmup.

Coach Mike Hesson said last week his captain may even return home ,

to be with newborn daughter Evie : 

before arriving in time for the first test at Kingston, starting a week today

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/101...est-Indies

One less headache for the tourists with news that offspinner Sunil Narine will miss all three tests.

He captured 18 wickets from three tests against New Zealand, opted to play for Kolkata in the IPL final