Welcome to Dwayne's world...
Tim Abraham reports back from St Vincent, where Dwayne Leverock is the dish of the day.
Tim Abraham is back on tour with the England team. Follow his World Cup diary right here on skysports.com and watch his regular updates from the Caribbean on Sky Sports News...
DAY 1-7:
Tim talks to Kevin Pietersen - Video
We arrived in the Caribbean last Friday and the first thing you immediately notice is the laid-back attitude.
Coming pretty much straight from a very organised Australia it takes some adjusting to. You know things will get done, but they will get done on Caribbean time, when everyone is good and ready.
Hence we had to wait three hours at the airport for one of our entourrage to get his plane ticket for the connecting flight to St Vincent!
As well as the attitude, the heat and humidity take some getting used to, so the first few days were spent acclimatising, as we were waiting for England to arrive.
I am sure you have seen the landscape on Sky Sports News and we have tried to give you a flavour of the scenery because it is spectacular. Our hotel is just outside town and even from there you can see the sea, the rocks and the shoreline and it really does make for some great shots.
But it is not all palm trees and golden sands and if you go downtown to the docks in particular, life is a little more rough and ready, almost sub-continental and there are sings of poverty away from the hotels where the teams are staying.
Nevertheless everyone is extremely friendly and welcoming. The players, the media and the fans when they arrive, will be treated to a warm welcome from the weather and the locals alike.
The England team arrived a couple of days after us, which is when the real business began. The first thing I thought we'd do is get a shot of them arriving at the tiny airport. We were given access to the roof, which should have made a decent shot of the plane arriving.
We can do that sort of thing when asked, because we actually have our own dish to beam pictures back to Sky. This has not been the case in the past and regular readers know the technical problems we endure on some tours. Having your own dish does not remove them entirely and of course, your heart still sinks when you arrive to see teckies pulling out wires, plugging leads in and scratching their heads, but we are the envy of the other broadcasters with our fancy dish. Perhaps we can do a little business with them further down the line...
The only problem was with the airport shot was that we didn't exactly know which plane England were coming in on. They're only small propeller planes and I've got to be honest, we followed three right the way onto the runway, sure we'd got the England team only for a pilot and a few holidaymakers to step out of each one.
That, coupled with the dodging tropical showers that came and went every five minutes meant it didn't really go according to plan! But finally 90 minutes later fourth time lucky, the England party arrived and we got some fantastic shots of the at the very beginning of their World Cup campaign.
I then did a live two-way interview with the Sky Sports News studio. I knew England arriving would have been a big thing, but I didn't expect to be asked questions for a full half-hour.
There I was thinking 'this is great' and that they really must have been dying to hear what I had to say - although I was slightly concerned that it was getting darker and darker and soon they wouldn't be able to see me. It was only after that half-hour that they explained to me that their computers had all gone down at HQ and I was the only thing they could put on air!
As ever, England had a light training session the next day, but I've got to say there does seem to be a little more intent about them.
Whether it is just the fact it is the World Cup, or whether it is the buzz from beating Australia in the CB Series I'm not sure. But there is definitely a spring in their step.
Jon Lewis said as much when we interviewed him. He hadn't been part of that one-day success down under, but he said that as soon as he joined up with the England squad he could sense the buoyancy and the confidence that came from that series win. That seems to be pretty much the feeling throughout the squad - they feel they have a great chance.
Then it was time for Australia to land on the island. Much as England have a spring in their step, I did wonder whether it would be an Aussie side feeling the pinch a little. I put that question to Ricky Ponting at his press conference at the airport and soon found out that wasn't the case, for him at least.
The feeling might be they've been knocked off their perch and statistically South Africa are the new number ones. but 'Punter' disagreed. He said he couldn't understand why there should be extra pressure and that in any knockout competition it is open for anyone to win - and that they were confident of making it three in a row.
By the way, if Australia thought they had seen enough of England they had to think again when they arrived at their hotel. All the hotels are lined up along the beach and they are smack bang next to each other, literally yards apart.
There has not been much socialising between the teams, but when I did my first piece from outside the hotels, I could have sworn I heard someone humming 'Everybody needs good Neighbours'!
Monday was the Bermuda warm-up game where the story was of course Dwayne Leverock. 
I've got to be honest and say that when we went to see Bermuda net they day before, we'd assumed he was one of the backroom staff, a physio or something, that was just turning his arm over to help out!
Still, you can't knock a man that dismissed Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood - our two best players! Of course the day after Dwayne was the story and I've got to say when we tracked him down for our follow-up piece, he couldn't have been more obliging.
He is certainly a larger than life character and a huge fan of Sky Sports News! He watches us all the time, knows all the presenters and I couldn't believe it when he knew who I was and said he watched all my reports from around the world!
Obviously Dwayne's size was main point, but he was good sport about it all and very good value. We decided to try and tempt him with some healthy food - local coconut milk - but suffice to say he declined!
After that it was back to England and 'Vaughany Watch'. Of course back there the skipper's fitness is a big concern, but I can confirm that after the Bermuda game Michael really pushed himself to the limit in practice. Fielding and sprinting, he didn't hold back and I've got to say it looks like the injury has healed.
Ditto Kevin Pietersen who I interviewed on Wednesday, as we started the countdown to Friday's Australia game. Click here to see the interview
It has been declared a public holiday on the island, which should mean a few more people in the ground and a great atmosphere. There really is a feeling that this is St Vincent's World Cup final - and indeed there is a very real chance it could turn out to be THE World Cup final.
Before meeting Captain Ponting and his buccaneering Aussies though, England relaxed with a boat trip around the coves used in the Pirates of the Caribbean. We did not go, but are trying to track down the shots, because as you all know the cliffs, caves and rocks are spectacular - and typical of the coastline here.
Also, something like 500 yards off the beach where the England hotel is, there is an island (Young Island) which one or two of the fitness fanatics in the England side, like Paul Nixon, have set their sights on swimming out to.
I do like my morning runs along the beach, but I know how strong the currents can be so I think I might give it a miss. I didn't ask him, but I'm pretty sure Dwayne Leverock feels the same!
