Weather report
The Silver Ferns not only suffered the indignity of being stuck in Canberra for close to a week while waiting to play the fifth Constellation Cup test, their Wellington-based players then discovered that a storm prevented them landing in the capital upon return. They had to fly in to Auckland and drive. Word has it that Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit's driving is regarded so poorly by teammates that she was banned from getting behind the wheel at any stage.
Schadenfreude corner
One of life's great pleasures is rejoicing in the misfortunes of Australia's cricketers, mainly because you know it won't be long before they're back in business. But savour this statistic for a moment. The top four (and five of the top six) run chases in ODI history have been achieved against Australia. That includes yesterday's extraordinary Indian chase in Jaipur, when the home team ran down the Aussies' 359 to cruise home with nine wickets and 39 balls in hand. But topping even that was the sight of James Faulkner poking Brad Haddin in the eye when a high five went wrong during the first ODI, in Pune. More evidence that when it comes to cricketing high fives, leave it to the Windies.