I'm delighted about playing in my first Test even though it has been some time in the making.

It is great to be selected in a West Indies Test squad. I've really enjoyed my time representing the West Indies at the one-day level, but Test cricket is the real test.

It's time to play cricket. That's what we're here for. We have had our challenges in the past and this is another challenge. I'm excited about the possibilities.

I have played with Brian as captain before so this is nothing new. He's a good leader and has the respect of all his peers.

I thought that we should have restricted them for less, we allowed the run rate to get away in the middle period when I believe we were trying too hard to make things happen and our consistency suffered because of that.

Obviously New Zealand has been playing better cricket than us but we back ourselves, if we perform well, to be very competitive against them.