Fifth one-day international, St Lucia:
West Indies v England
Start delayed - rain
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606: DEBATE
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By Mark Mitchener
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START DELAYED - RAIN (INSPECTION 1500 BST)
1444: TMS are also discussing the England head coach vacancy - apparently West Indies coach John Dyson was spotted speaking to England team's managing director Hugh Morris over a coffee yesterday, with a baseball cap pulled down over his face... Morris isn't saying who's being interviewed, but the word is that several interviews will take place next week.
"Delighted to see Jimmy Anderson get the nod - I feel he's our most improved player over the last 12 months, not just with the ball but with his batting/fielding. Graeme Smith deserves a mention, but is Neil McKenzie possibly the most defensive, and boring batsman to ever get the Wisden recognition? As for Claire Taylor, it's like comparing apples with pears but in relative terms, it's a great achievement and well deserved. She's English after all!"
Will Martyn, West Sussex, in the TMS inbox
As I mentioned, you can only be chosen for the "Wisden Five" once - Graeme Smith was chosen in 2004 alongside Flintoff, Chris Adams, Ian Harvey and Gary Kirsten.
1432: While we wait, what else can I tell you from the world of cricket? Leicestershire have signed flame-haired Aussie all-rounder Andrew McDonald - but for 2010, not this season, as chief executive David Smith felt it was "wrong" to sign an Australian in the lead-up to the Ashes. That'll make him popular with his counterparts at Kent and Middlesex, who have signed Stuart Clark and Phillip Hughes respectively... And in some news just in, I've heard that Warwickshire have signed New Zealand off-spinner Jeetan Patel for this summer.
"There's a lot riding on this game - we want to finish a long and difficult tour on a high"
England captain Andrew Strauss speaks to TMS's Kevin Howells
"I know it's not Elton, but what about 'Emburey and Ivory'?"
Chris in Germany
1426: The TMS crew are momentarily flummoxed when they hear of an inspection at 3 o'clock - until Simon Hughes points out it will be at 1500 BST, not 1500 local time!
"I am in Vieux Fort at the other end of St Lucia to Beausejour and it has been absolutely honking down with rain for most of the morning. Don't know what it is like up north so would appreciate a weather forecast. Can't get to the match as someone has to keep the wheels of industry turning so will be following your text"
Suze in the TMS inbox
1419: The rain is "light but persistent" according to Simon Hughes and Colin Croft on TMS, who are discussing the geography of St Lucia - such as the Pitons (two volcanic mountains) and the self-styled "world's only drive-in volcano" at Sulphur Springs. I was in St Lucia myself between the Antigua and Barbados Tests, and I can tell you that Sulphur Springs really does pong like a chemistry lab, but Simon Mann's right (below) - St Lucia is a lush, verdant, pretty island, a lot less "touristy" than some others in the Caribbean.
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"St Lucia is a lovely island with a lovely climate. The setting's a bit like the Rose Bowl (without the M27, while the ground is a bit like the one in Bloemfontein which they keep changing the name of"
Simon Mann on TMS
"How about the Elton John song for all 12th men - I'm Still Stand-In!"
Steve Mitchell, London, in the TMS inbox
Which reminds me, I'd love to know what benefit Adil Rashid has got from being made to carry the drinks for the entire Windies tour. Surely if he's in contention for the World Twenty20 or the Ashes, they could have given him a game or two here?
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1403: Now the bad news - it's raining in St Lucia (just for a change). The covers are all on, the TV guys have their brollies up and apparently we're going to have an inspection in an hour.
Still, this gives us the chance to spark some debate. Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year were announced earlier today - England's James Anderson, Durham's County Championship-winning captain Dale Benkenstein, South Africa pair Mark Boucher and Neil McKenzie, and the shock choice: England's World Cup-winning batter Claire Taylor, the first woman cricketer to have been honoured in the "Wisden Five". So who deserves their place, who doesn't, and who has been unfairly left out? Remember the Wisden criteria - you can only be named in it once, and it usually reflects the previous year's county season (hence the inclusion of the South Africans).
REPORT: Taylor named in Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year
1400: Afternoon, everyone. It's been one of those tours that has felt like it's never going to end - but I can assure you this is the final game of England's West Indies tour. What's more, with the ODI series level at 2-2, we have a "decider" on our hands.
No team news yet, although the Telegraph reckons that having failed to field a front-line spinner in the last game, England will bring in off-spinner Gareth Batty for paceman Steve Harmison. For West Indies, injured spinner Nikita Miller is replaced in the squad by fellow slow left-armer Sulieman Benn - Nikita's absence thus depriving me of an entire line of Elton John gags. But what is it about EJ song titles and left-arm spinners? I refer you to "Nikita" Miller, "Daniel" Vettori and even Sulieman "Benn-ie and the Jets"?
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