Well, that was certainly a Friday the 13th the cricketing world will never forget.
It was only the second time in Test history that a match was abandoned on the opening day. Back in 1998, the Jamaica Test lasted 10.1 overs, but here in Antigua we only managed 10 balls at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
It just so happened that Sir Viv himself was on the air on Test Match Special at the moment the game reached its premature climax - and unsurprisingly he was not a happy man.
He told TMS listeners: "I am feeling really sad because this ground has its name attached to me and the people in authority here have let everybody down, big time. The Antigua Cricket Association have dropped the ball and should be ashamed of themselves.
"This is not a little curry goat match as we call it, this is not a little festival match, this is a Test match and you can hear it in my voice that these guys have done us not that proud in my opinion. Those who've been given the responsibility to put on a good show here have failed again. It's a really tough pill to swallow. This is an arrow right through my heart."
The long-term future of the ground as a Test venue is now in serious doubt - Donald Peters, the chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board, told us he thought the days were numbered for the Sir Vivian Richards stadium.
"I would recommend they play soccer there from now on. The amount of funding it would take to make that into a Test venue again will be significant. I would advise the government and local cricket association to put their resources into restoring the Recreation Ground. The West Indies Cricket Board will not go back to the Viv Richards Stadium. We are not prepared to take the risk."
It is ironic that a lot of the local cricket fans and journalists had spent the previous few days bemoaning the fact that the Test match in Antigua was not being played at the Recreation Ground. It was there where Brian Lara broke the world Test record not once, but twice, and where England did the bulk of their practice for the match.
Although only 10 balls were bowled, it was a chaotic day for Test Match Special as myself, Jonathan Agnew and reporter Arlo White ran around the ground and then around the island to find out exactly what was going on. As the players left the field, I went onto the outfield to try and secure an interview with match referee Alan Hurst. Cruelly CMJ commented from the TMS box: "There goes our producer Adam Mountford - he's not exactly Usain Bolt." Harsh perhaps, but undoubtedly accurate!
When news reached us a delegation was on its way to the Recreation Ground, Arlo quickly followed and was able to reveal first to BBC listeners the news the game had been rearranged. Then, after reporting the dramatic developments, we all hot-footed it over there to try and find a location where we can commentate from on Sunday.
It was like the preparations for a local carnival with hundreds of people working non-stop to try and sort things out for what will now be the third Test. Hopefully our broadcast lines can be installed in time for the start of the game!
Although the change of location is obviously a huge embarrassment for West Indies cricket and a logistical nightmare for TV and radio organisations trying to cover the game, the people I feel sorry for are the spectators. We spoke to Ian from Sussex on Five Live who, after taking 45 minutes to get into the ground because, ludicrously, only two gates were open, then saw just one delivery bowled before the game was called off.
"I saw Alastair Cook get off the mark. It was a nice shot but I was hoping to see a bit more," he told us. "I'm so disappointed. I've been excited for months about seeing the cricket here. And we didn't get any information about what was going on. We still don't really know what happened."
There are 8,000 England fans on the island who share Ian's disappointment. Many of them could only be here for the first couple of days and will therefore not be able to see any meaningful cricket.
Let's hope that for all those who can stick around until Sunday that the match goes ahead without any other dramas, although I doubt Sir Viv will have calmed down by then! Listen to TMS from 1345 Sunday to find out.