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Match factsJuly 21-25, 2016 Start time 1000 local (1400 GMT)Big PictureAjinkya Rahane has said it will be the key. R Ashwin has said this series will be all about it. West Indies coach Phil Simmons has said his side will harp on the word throughout the series. All signs so far point to a test of patience on what have become quintessential slow and low Caribbean pitches.The physicality of winning a Test in the West Indies, no matter how weak the regional Test side might have become, cannot be overstated. The outfields are heavy, which will mean a lot of running. Over the last 10 years, only Zimbabwe and the UAE have produced runs at a slower clip.This is an uneven contest with the best West Indies players not available through problems with the administration and other lucrative options available, the CPL in this case, which will clash with the Test series. As much as for the bowlers and the batsmen, this will be a test for the watching public of the Caribbean islands; many will be choosing between the modern stadiums sans the character of old hosting attritional Test cricket and the CPL matches full of life in the cooler and colourful evenings.If West Indies can manage to make time a factor with good attritional Test cricket, it could be a fascinating series. Make the Indian bowlers earn every wicket, make their batsmen go uneasy in an attempt to give the bowlers enough time, absorb the punches and land one when India leave themselves open in trying too hard. If it works in Antigua, in Jamaica they could even try to blindside India with a green seamer. At a time when West Indies, the World T20 champions, are on the mend in ODIs and have their own T20 party going on, the Test side will need to tell their fans why they should give them their patience.On the other end will be a side looking to break away from its limited ambition of the past. India have claimed they dont want to win series 1-0 anymore. They want to win every Test. Their captain has said he wont entertain tired bowlers in the final sessions of long days. Their new coach is an epitome of relentlessness. They wont be shy of sacrificing a batsman for an allrounder or a bowler in order to claim 20 wickets. From their two warm-up games in St Kitts, they have realised they will have to stretch every sinew to take 20 wickets: batsmen might have to score quicker, and bowlers will have to peg away for long hours.Form guideWest Indies DLLLL (last five completed matches, most recent first) ? India WWDWWIn the spotlightMan of World T20 final. Averages 44.69 in ODIs since 2013. Yet Marlon Samuels, the most experienced player in the squad, can be considered lucky to be in the playing party. He has gone 10 Test innings without reaching 20, has scored only two hundreds in the last three years, and has averaged 25.14 in the period. His career average of 33.53 is hardly justification for either his talent or persistence over 64 Tests. If Kemar Roachs dropping is anything to go by, West Indies selectors might be running out of patience and Samuels time. On him and Darren Bravo will rest the biggest responsibility for scoring runs.Im sure Ill have to be as boring as possible in terms of trying to plug away all day long. R Ashwin is not used to being boring. He has already bagged five Man-of-the-series awards in Tests, the joint most by an Indian. He takes a wicket every 52 balls - 46 at home, where he has been at his most effective. He takes a five-for every other Test. If West Indies do manage to hold India off, Ashwin will have to show he can be boring and persistent and, every once in a while, magical.Team newsWest Indies will have one new opener, a new wicketkeeper, a new pace attack and a new spinner from the last time they played a Test. Five men from their last Test XI are not even in this 13-man squad. Expect a debut for Miguel Cummins, Rajendra Chandrika to open alongside Kraigg Brathwaite, and Devendra Bishoo and Shannon Gabriel to make comebacks.WestIndies (probable) 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 Rajendra Chandrika, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Jermaine Blackwood/ Leon Johnson/Roston Chase, 6 Carlos Brathwaite, 7 Shane Dowrich (wk), 8 Jason Holder (capt.), 9 Shanon Gabriel, 10 Miguel Cummins, 11 Devendra BishooIndia go in with a much more settled team; seven months since they last played a Test in a different continent. Nobody will bat an eyelid if they retain the XI. Kohli admitted it was a difficult choice to pick one out of Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul, although he hinted Dhawan might retain his place. With the pitch expected to be flat, India are likely to continue with five bowlers, but the decision will be whether that fifth bowler should be a spinner, a pure seamer or an allrounder. Kohli has been known to prefer Stuart Binny in the role outside India. Mohammed Shami, who has taken the new ball on each of the three occasions that India have bowled in the warm-ups, should walk right back into the XI after injury kept him out for most of 2015.India(probable): 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 M Vijay, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt.), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja/Stuart Binny, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Mohammed ShamiPitch and conditionsThere was some grass on the surface, but it seemed dry underneath on the eve of the match. Kohli felt that the grass was only to hold the pitch together, and it would behave like an Indian track. The ball might not bounce much, with conditions favouring the batsmen initially.There have been brief, sharp showers on the days leading up to the Test, and more rain is forecast for days three and four. Its hurricane season all over the Caribbean, but Antigua is usually one of the drier islands.Stats and triviaIndia have played 27 limited-overs internationals since their last Test, in December last year. West Indies last played a Test in the first week of 2016, but have played only 13 other international matches since then.R Ashwin has 16 five-wicket hauls in his first 32 Tests, level with Clarrie Grimmett among spinners at the end of their 32nd Test.The five bowlers in the West Indies squad have a combined experience of 111 wickets. R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma have taken more by themselves.The Indian squad has scored 40 Test hundreds to West Indies 20.QuotesIm really happy to be back here. The atmosphere is really good, people like cricket, they support it. Im really excited to play a Test match here after so long. So is everyone else in the team. Virat Kohli on returning to West Indies for the Test seriesIts the first time Im involved in a series playing four Tests. I think the name of the game is recovery in between Test matches. Theres not much time either. Its not going to be easy. Its going to be tough for every member of the squad. West Indies captain Jason Holder on the importance of rest and recovery in a four-match Test series Air Max 270 Scontate . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Scarpe Nike Tn Scontate . 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Six months later, a 34-second, one-punch knockout of Bethe Correia in Brazil took Rouseymania to a feverish state.The UFC then asked Rousey for a quick turnaround, as the promotion needed a headliner for a stadium show in Melbourne, Australia. It would be the final act of a truly insane year for Rousey -- one in which, looking back, she might have been better off turning down.Rousey appeared on edge heading into the Holm fight; her media demands were exhausting. In the weeks prior to the event, her romantic relationship with UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, who had faced accusations of domestic violence on a former spouse months before (no charges were ever filed), spilled into the headlines.Also before the fight, Rouseys mother, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, publicly criticized her coach, Edmond Tarverdyan. When the bout did arrive, Rousey looked agitated. She shoved Holm, whod been nothing but respectful, during a staredown at the weigh-in. There was talk Rousey would take an extended break from the Octagon after defending her title.All of this brings us to the present: Rousey is scheduled to face a very talented, athletic opponent iin Nunes, who is coming off a first-round submission win over Miesha Tate at UFC 200.ddddddddddddo one can predict the future -- Rouseys last fight is a great reminder of that -- but it sure seems reasonable that Dec. 30, win or lose, could end up being Rouseys last fight.For starters, there was always reason to believe she was never extremely long for the sport. Opportunities in other career paths were banging down her door prior to fighting Holm and, although they have seemed to cool in the wake of her defeat, she will never want for a job.She has dealt with injury, some of which can likely be attributed to a long career in judo prior to MMA. She has had trouble with her knees and underwent minor procedures in 2016. She dealt with a gruesome fight-related hand injury in 2014.And of course, she has now been on the receiving end of a concussive head kick to the chin, which she later told ESPN.com?prevented her from biting an apple for months.Exiting the sport on that kind of loss would have been a tough decision. Not only had she become a Mike Tyson-esque, invincible combat athlete, she was a symbol of female strength.Rousey was never supposed to fall at all. But to not get up when it happened? That wouldnt have been a very Rousey thing to do. And in her first interview with ESPN.com following the loss, she did immediately promise she would be coming back.But once she has done that at UFC 207, will she stick around? A loss might push her away for obvious reasons, but a win could do the same. If she is successful in reclaiming her spot at the top, overcoming doubt for the first time in her career, how attractive will a dangerous catchweight fight against Cris Cyborg Justino (or a Holm rematch) really be?Rousey is an Olympic bronze medalist with six UFC title defenses to her credit. Im not questioning her competitive resolve, Im just saying theres reason to think this might be the final go. ' ' '