Sabina Park: The final countdown

• 41 Tests, 28 wins and 13 draws at Sabina Park so far

• West Indies have won 19 of those Tests

• The Test will be held on pitch No.4, not the “slow and low” No. 2, where the two one-day matches were held in May

Pitch battles

• In 1998, the first Test against England was called off in 10.1 overs after 56 minutes of play. After England players had been hit seven times in the first 10 overs, the game was abandoned because of pitch conditions.

Nightmare of ’76

• Fourth Test 21-25 April 1976: The West Indies tore into the heart and soul of India’s batting. Bishen Singh Bedi declared his first innings at 306/6 when four Indian batsmen were hurt thanks to the Windies’ bowlers not knowing where to draw the body-line. “This is cricket, if you get hit you have to take it!” was West Indies captain Clive Lloyd’s no-holds-barred public retort at the end of it all

What they say now

We should have won at least one Test by now, and we are keen to play good cricket here… (but) as I said before, winning and losing is not the most important thing. Winning is something that keeps the wolves at bay but the important thing is that we keep improving with each game

Greg Chappell, (Coach, India)

We have got some thoughts going on. I think that we need a way when the ball gets older and the wicket gets flatter. You need to have something up your sleeve then, someone who is very, very quick, or a world-class spinner who can put pressure on the opposition

Bennett King, (Coach, West Indies)