KEY POINTS:
Looking around the ground here at Grenada's National Stadium its reassuring to see so many Black Cap fans so far from home.
To my right is a block of black jersey-wearing travellers, to my left is the Beige Brigade.
And dotted around the ground are the quintessentially Kiwi signs that no doubt attract the television cameras, but must also hearten the Black Caps as they gaze around the stands.
Some are straight forward and pledge support from the good folk of Matata and the Kaipara Flats Cricket Club.
The once obligatory Bring Back Buck sign is here again today too.
I don't under stand the reasoning behind the Say No To Didymo banner, but there is no denying where it's from and what nationality the people are waving it.
Unlike the bunch of nuns in the funzone who I had wrongly assumed the other day were Kiwis, but today they are all jumping about with an oversized South African flag. Never mind.
Its just lucky fans like these do come to the cricket and bring a sense of national pride because unlike rugby, there is no national anthem and no haka.
The Maori warriors in Valencia may have only delivered a tiptoed version of the haka before racing kicked off, but at least they were there.
At the opening ceremony for this World Cup in Jamaica a month ago New Zealand's culture was noticeably absent from the proceedings. Even the Irish had a huge contigent of singing, dancing leprechauns.
But then again, the Irish have been part of the biggest story of this World Cup so maybe the organisers were prophetic in featuring them.
Obviously New Zealand cricket is happy with a low key existence. No anthem, no haka, no fanfare. No big birthday party for John Bracewell today.
Just a steady plan to follow in their quest to bring home the World Cup and set the benchmark for our sailors, netballers and rugby players.
