Series win very much on cards

Adam Parore, the former international wicketkeeper, is picking New Zealand to win the Test series against West Indies 1-0, despite their batting horrors in Brisbane and Adelaide. The two-match contest is shaping as a pretty even battle between the number seven and eight sides in world cricket, which is a bit of a sad proposition, but Parore feels the big interest will be what impact the new New Zealand coach Andy Moles has. Read his column in the New Zealand Herald.

In the same newspaper, Chris Rattue catches up with Steve Folkes, the former Canterbury Bulldogs coach who swapped the hard yards of rugby league for the wonders and mysteries of the West Indian cricket team. Just a few weeks into the gig, Folkes is still feeling his way into a job that might evolve or else turn into an interlude before he coaches league again, his main aim.