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It's as if this Test match is being played on two different pitches - one on which Rahul Dravid is batting, and the other on which the rest of the 21 players are battling it out

Jerome Taylor's first five-wicket haul in Test cricket was based on the extremely sound principles of bowling an excellent line and length, and doing it so consistently that the batsmen are ultimately forced into mistakes

Stats preview of the fourth Test between West Indiesand India

The target of 392 in 88 overs meant that India required an asking rate of 4.45 per over, and while at certain points it seemed they were on track, a draw was always the most likely result

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels did their team no favour with their inexplicable go-slow tactics on the third day

If patience and stoicism were not deeply ingrained in Daren Ganga, he would have already lost hope in his career as a West Indian Test player

Ramnaresh Sarwan's 116 wasn't his best hundred, but it was a welcome return to form for a classy batsman

Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga made good use of an excellent batting pitch, putting West Indies in a strong position after the first day

Vaneisa Baksh on a historic moment at Warner Park in St Kitts

Brian Lara's 120 was an innings unlike a regular Lara knock - it had few flourishes, and hardly any extravagant strokeplay

Virender Sehwag has ensured that India haven't felt the absence of a second specialist spinner so far in the St Lucia Test

When India were batting the pitch looked quite placid, but Munaf Patel showed just how to bowl on it

The first day of the second Test was mostly about one outstanding individual performance: Virender Sehwag destroyed the West Indian attack with his magnificent 180 which put India on course for a huge first-innings total

A comparison of Chris Gayle's half-centuries at Antigua

Bradshaw bowled 40 overs in the second innings and 25 of them on the trot on the fourth day, beginning before lunch and ending after tea

Edwards had a short-leg and leg-slip in place and angled the ball into Sehwag's ribs - a form of bodyline - and had Sehwag hopping all over the place in extreme discomfort

The Indian bowlers allowed Gayle to free his arms by bowling too wide or too full, and because of their inexperience they couldn't find an alternative strategy to control him

The West Indians didn't blow India away with devastating pace, nor did they deceive them with guile and swing. Instead, they kept plugging away in the channel outside off stump and India kept edging at regular intervals

A lowdown on Antigua, the venue of the first Test between West Indies and India

West Indies' new spin hope in focus