New Zealand manager Jeff Crowe predicted, right at the start of the tour of the West Indies, that rain would have a significant role to play in the series

New Zealand's fighting defiance to create history at the end of today's drawn second Test with the West Indies at Grenada won the admiration of New Zealand Cricket's chief executive Martin Snedden

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming achieved another captaincy career milestone with the series victory over the West Indies today when becoming this country's most successful Test captain away from home

New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond is to play for Warwickshire in August

Now comes the test for New Zealand after the West Indies fought back outstandingly on the third day of the second Test at St George's, Grenada

It's a long way from Karachi, Pakistan to St George's, Grenada but Northern Districts all-rounder Scott Styris will not have minded the 52 days wait he had to make his Test debut

Mark Richardson's remarkable entrée into Test cricket continued on new terrain in the West Indies today with Grenada's new ground the latest to witness his ability to get out in the 90s

Five wickets for Shane Bond, a first Test victory in the West Indies - only the fourth time they have lost in Barbados in 39 Tests - and all with a day to spare

New Zealand's ability to overcome the hiccups of their bomb-disrupted tour to Pakistan, the inability to prepare properly due to rain in the West Indies and their controversial end to the one-day series, was a special delight from today's first Test