Lara fields the press: It's a strange situation to be in when, having ended the day on a dominant position, you're questioned on a selectorial decision.

'It doesn't matter where Brian Lara bats' - Lara

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

Eddies from the past

Amit Varma and Anand Vasu discuss the first day of the St Kitts Test

All set for a draw

Daren Ganga and Ramnaresh Sarwan speak up at the end of the second day of the St Kitts Test

The comeback men

Amit Varma and Anand Vasu discuss the second day of the St Kitts Test

A confidence-building Test

Brian Lara and Harbhajan Singh speak to the media at the end of the third day

There can only be one winner' - Lara

Amit Varma and Anand Vasu discuss the third day of the St Kitts Test

A bizarre slowdown

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan rediscovers the joy of a Laxman innings

Adding patience to panache

Suffice to say, West Indies missed a great chance to win a game; the fact that India were actually within striking range of sneaking it, tells you a bit about the contest.

Rather be safe than sorry

Amit Varma and S Rajesh discuss the fifth day of the St Kitts Test

Gains from a drawn Test

Ian Bishop, the former West Indian fast bowler, assesses the three West Indian quicks who bowled in St Kitts

West Indian pace troika: A SWOT analysis

Once upon a time, the follow-on used to be enforced whenever the opportunity arose. Of late, though, it is being used far more sparingly

Has the follow-on gone out of fashion?

At the end of the drawn encounter at St Kitts, Lara didn't comment too much on the pitch but dropped many hints about wanting the extra fast bowler

Lara hints at extra fast bowler

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

A day of ebbs and flows

If India had threatened to make a match of it with an imaginative effort on the final day, it was all set up by Lara's declaration.

Another draw despite calculated gambles

Cricinfo audio: Brian Lara press conference

"It was always a huge challenge" - Dravid

Under pressure to keep his place in the side, VVS Laxman produced an uncharacteristic but vital knock under pressure

Laxman's hard graft

This Test once again seemed destined for a draw at the end of an unusual fourth day's play at Bassaterre, St. Kitts.

Windies wobble after wresting a 332-run lead

Vaneisa Baksh's take on the fourth day's events in St Kitts where Brian Lara chose not to enforce the follow on after West Indies had gained a first-innings lead of 219

Lara defends follow-on decision

'I was quite pleased with the outcome' - Lara

Of his 18 five-wicket hauls, Harbhajan Singh might look back on this as one of his more-fortunate returns. He had a forgettable first day, a middling second, when he managed one wicket, and a steady third

'This pitch reminded me of Lahore' - Harbhajan

India responded with promising enterprise to an inexplicably indifferent West Indian batting performance, replying to 581 with 150 for 2 at the end of the third day

India reply strongly to Windies 581

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

Sarwan gets his groove back

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

Stoic Ganga proves a point

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

How West Indies lost the plot

Ramnaresh Sarwan and Daren Ganga gave West Indies the upper hand with contrasting centuries but India managed to claw things back a touch with some useful wickets as tea was taken with the score on 420 for 5

Rain halts West Indies progress

Why Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga deserve more time as an opening combination

The Gayle-Ganga opening act, and England's profligacy

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan sums up a frustrating day for India in the field as West Indies piled up 420 for 5 at stumps

India's turn to welcome the rain

Gayle's 83 definitely made the first day of Test cricket at Warner Park in St Kitts a memorable affair for the locals

Gayle's St Kitts special

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

The perfect launching pad

West Indies v India, 3rd Test, St Kitts

The fall of Chris Gayle, for an energetic 83 was the only real blip in a positive day's cricket for the West Indies where they bettered India without ever seeming to strive hard to do so

Gayle and Ganga put Windies on top

'We set ourselves for tomorrow' - Lara

The totally bemused look on Brian Lara's face when he saw the pitch at Warner Park told a story.

'I've been sort of censored...' - Lara

Rahul Dravid has overcome many a challenge in his international career, whose ten-year anniversary he celebrated today, but even he may not be good enough to alter weather patterns.

Dravid ponders over happy headache

Either rain or a strike may prevent the game from starting tomorrow. The latter looks highly unlikely; about the former, nobody can tell.

Windies worried over likely Bravo absence

'Still very optimistic about the situation'- Lara

Daren Ganga

Player Of The Match

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