When I returned back to our hotel this evening I said goodbye to an England supporter who we've been chatting to this week. He told us that last Friday morning he was in tears as the original match was abandoned. It had been his lifelong dream to watch England play cricket overseas and he thought that dream was being shattered. I was absolutely delighted he was able to enjoy a magical experience and just had time to see the game's tense climax before having to catch his flight back to England.
Although quite rightly the recriminations will go on for months about the fiasco last Friday, there is no doubt that those who worked so hard to get this game on at the ARG deserve tremendous credit. Perhaps it was written in the stars that this match would be one we'll remember for years to come.
As far as Test Match Special is concerned, although the build-up to the game could hardly be described as straightforward, it has been a fairly typical affair in the TMS box with the usual mix of fascinating visitors, plenty of good banter and of course the obligatory major cricket news story breaking during a day's play.
We even had a cake. On the first morning Richard and Janet Smith came to visit our makeshift commentary position to present the team with a fruit cake that they had brought to the Caribbean all the way from their home in Cumbria.
Our visitors included a surprise appearance from the Prime Minister of Antigua Baldwin Spencer. (You can hear our interview with him in our first day podcast)
We were also joined in the TMS box by former Northern Ireland football manager Bryan Hamilton and legendary West Indies fast bowlers Curtly Ambrose and Michael Holding.
Holding joined Jonathan Agnew on the second day after receiving a special cap on the outfield following his induction into the ICC Hall of fame, Holding is now, of course, a television broadcaster who always has strong opinions.
He revealed to TMS his annoyance at what happened at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. "In the past these things were swept under the carpet and already I've heard people say we've done really well to get this game on at the Antigua Recreation Ground so they are hoping that the events of Friday are forgotten.
"But people are laughing at us in the Caribbean. We can't afford that - it is time that ends. (you can hear the whole Michael Holding interview by the way if you download the second day podcast).
Fellow former fast bowler Curtly Ambrose joined Aggers at tea on the final day to talk about his memories of playing cricket here in Antigua, but also about his career these days travelling with his band "The Big Bad Dread and The Bald Head" for which he describes himself as the tallest bass player in the world.
Ambrose told Aggers about his amazing journey to being a top-class international cricketer. "When I was growing up basketball and football were my first loves. Cricket was way down the agenda, but my mother kept banging my ears saying I've got to play cricket. I got fed up of the nagging so I gave it a go."
Curtly then revealed how he was self-taught as a bowler and took only four years from playing for his village in Antigua to representing the West Indies. "I never went anywhere to be coached, it was all just natural." Of course, his mum famously used to ring a bell outside her house whenever Curtly took a wicket. No matter what time of day or night.
As well as interesting visitors to the box, no recent Test Match Special broadcast would be complete without a major breaking cricket news story. This match of course coincided with the news that the ECB has suspended negotiations with Sir Allen Stanford after the billionaire was charged with fraud. ECB chairman Giles Clarke wasted no time in appearing on the programme to explain the ECB's position. But the cricketing side of this story did not seem quite so important when we heard that there were hundreds of worried Antiguans lining up outside banks at the Stanford ground and throughout the island frantically withdrawing money from their accounts.
On a much lighter note there has also been plenty of entertaining banter amongst our commentary team. From Jonathan Agnew bemoaning that unlike Sir Viv Richards and Geoff Boycott he doesn't have anything named after him, although TMS listeners quickly revealed a hamster and a Campbell drake both share the name "Aggers", to a fantastic exchange between Jonathan and Boycott on the opening morning of the match.
After England's openers had successfully negotiated the first session Boycott told Aggers "this pitch is so flat it's the sort of track that if I was out there batting I'd tell the numbers three and four to go off to the cinema for the afternoon and watch a John Wayne film".
Aggers replied quickly "there's a lot more shots in a John Wayne film than when you were batting."