With Australia retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy after the first Test, the best West Indies can hope for is to level the series 1-1, but that would require their first Test victory against Australia in 12 years

On Wednesday morning Australia began their defence of the Frank Worrell Trophy. By Friday evening they had retained it

Adam Voges became the oldest man to score a century on Test debut as Australia took control on the second day in Dominica

Thirteen wickets made for an eventful opening day of the series in Dominica, and it was Australia who went to stumps in the stronger position. Denesh Ramdin gave his men the chance to bat first but they survived only two sessions for their 148 before Aust

For the first time in in 21 years, West Indian fans must consider a Chanderpaul-less future. And their first engagement of that future is against Australia, a team West Indies have not beaten in a Test for 12 years, and in a series for 23 years

Mark Burgess led his country's cricket team (though he thought he was better at football), had to miss tours to keep his job, and remembers the days when one-dayers were a novelty

Australia's captain Michael Clarke has said he feels for Kevin Pietersen over his ongoing exclusion from the England side and said any team without Pietersen in it was weaker for his absence

In 2003, Brett Jones chose an AFL career despite holding a Western Australia rookie contract. Since retiring he has returned to cricket and is now Queensland's high performance manager. Here, he speaks about how cricket can keep its best athletes

Greg Loveridge broke a knuckle in his first Test for New Zealand and never played another five-dayer. He's now among the country's wealthiest people

A fierce competitor yet unfailingly polite, Daniel Vettori draws the curtains on his 18-year international career

Legspinner Fawad Ahmed and veteran batsman Adam Voges have both been included in Australia's squads for the upcoming Ashes tour and the two-Test series in the West Indies that precedes it

Shane Watson hoped he will not be following Michael Clarke in having the 2015 World Cup final as his last ODI

Mitchell Starc's team-mates are confident he can transfer his incredible white-ball form to Test cricket after a World Cup in which he was named Player of the Tournament

Mitchell Starc and James Faulkner have revealed how their carefully laid plans to dismantle New Zealand's batsmen came to fruition

If a prize existed for Captain of the Tournament, Brendon McCullum would have been the only possible winner. His aggressive style responsible for dragging the whole of New Zealand on a memorable journey

Through the tournament, they captured the imagination of the world with an attacking style of cricket, but in the final, their lack of a plan B showed them up

Their playing careers were vastly different, and so are their personalities, but the road to the World Cup final for Hesson and Lehmann has been similar

Right through the World Cup, New Zealand have played a brand of cricket that has endeared the team to its public. They will play the final in the same manner

New Zealand may be the "little brothers from across the ditch" but they are heading to the MCG and keen to remind their hosts of the local rivalry

The MCG's drop-in pitch might be unfamiliar to some of the New Zealand bowlers and the vast expanses of outfield can be harder to protect, but Tim Southee is confident the attack will be able to transfer their success across the Tasman. up final