A lot of the lads have been at the Academy this winter so we have been training quite hard in indoor school, so to get outside and get a bit of Caribbean sunshine and get some competitive cricket is very exciting for everybody. So we are looking forward to it.

They've been through quite an extensive and rigorous basic recruit training academy -- 10 weeks of tough training -- some of the best training available.

It's a bit of both. Obviously, it is a concurrent tour we have the standby players for the India tour with us. It is very exciting for all the players here because if they play well and somebody gets injured on that main tour they have got a chance of moving up.

Paul Lambert has assembled a great bunch of lads and training has been going very well. I am just desperate to get into the team and do my best for the club.

This was the result the lads deserved. They've worked hard all season. We can now go on from this.

Every mile is two in winter