West Indies, Australia face off in a rare bilateral contest

Justin Langer has been bumping into some familiar West Indian faces at breakfast over the last few days in St Lucia. They've included a couple who gave him sleepless nights as a player, in the form of Curtly Ambrose and Ian Bishop. And two who continue to give him headaches now as the head coach of the Australian team. On the eve of his team's first T20I at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, Langer couldn't stop himself from gushing over how Chris Gayle and Fidel Edwards, who he came across first midway through his own career, are still around playing international cricket.

If not for the multiple T20 leagues around the world, and the occasional ICC tournament, you'd think Langer wouldn't have been the only one experiencing impromptu reunions during the Australian tour of the Caribbean that kicks off on Friday (Saturday in Australia). The fact is they simply don't get to see each other much anymore. For in recent years, Australia and the West Indies have gone from being two teams who simply couldn't stop playing each other to rarely even bothering to show up in each other's backyards. This will after all be their first