Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakatakotohia e Liam Plunkett tana tirohanga ki te rarangi patu o West Indies a kua rite ia ki te 'raru' me te tere. Kua hoki mai te kaipuke o Ingarangi e 29 tau te pakeke ki te whakataetae Whakamatau i te Karipiana i muri i tana hokinga mai i te raumati o tera tau i whakaitihia e te whara. I whakahaerehia e ia 18 wickets i roto i nga Whakamatau e wha i mua i tera, e mahi ana i tetahi waahanga nui mo te taha o Ingarangi i whakahehia mo te haere ngawari ki te pupuhi tere. Kei te hiahia a Liam Plunkett ki te whakamahi i tana tere ki te arahi i a Ingarangi ki te wikitoria i te raupapa Whakamatau ki West Indies. I hoki mai a Plunkett ki te kapa Ingarangi i te raumati o te tau kua hipa i te raupapa Whakamātautau ki a Sri Lanka me Inia. Kua ora ake a Plunkett i tētahi amuamu iti o te waewae i te haerenga o Yorkshire ki Abu Dhabi i mua i te wā. He amuamu iti o te waewae i te haerenga o mua o te tau o Yorkshire ki Abu Dhabi i kitea he mea noa iho i te whakahekenga poto, a kei te rapu ia inaianei ki te hanga ingoa mo ia ano i tetahi waahanga o te ao e rongonui ana mo ona tangata tere. 'Kei te ngana ahau ki te nohopuku (te kaiwhawhai i runga i te papa). E whakangungu kaha ana ahau i a ia, ā, e whakaaro ana ahau koira te take i puta ai ahau i te toenga,' i kī ia i mua i te whakawera i te rua o ngā rā o te Mane ki tētahi St Kitts & Nevis Invitation XI. 'Kei te whakaaro ahau he āhei au ki te urutau engari me hiahia pea koe ki aua wāhi iti i te kēmu - kei reira te mate, ā, he kaitākaro pai - hei whakamātau, hei whakapakari anō i a rātou. 'Koina te take i uru ai au ki te kapa, nā te mea he tere taku pōro. 'Ehara ahau i te kaiwhawhai e rere ana, e patu ana i te raina me te roa o te ra katoa, e hiahia ana ahau ki te mahi i tetahi mea, e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakararu i nga kaitakaro. Ki te mea koina te mea e tonoa ana kia mahia e ahau, ka koa ahau ki te mahi.' I te mea ko James Anderson raua ko Stuart Broad pea ka mau ki nga mahi poi hou mo te Whakamatau Tuatahi i Antigua i te Paenga-whawha 13, kei te whawhai a Plunkett mo tetahi waahi me te whanau o Barbados a Chris Jordan me te Mark Wood kaore ano kia paahitia. He take e tika ana kia whakaarohia mo ana hoa whakataetae e rua, he pai ake te mohio o Horano ki nga tikanga i tona whenua, me te rakau he nui kaore e mohiotia ana ki te whakahe, engari he pai ki a Plunkett te pahua. He rōpū pai, he rōpū pai o ngā taitama, ā, kei te whakapau kaha katoa mātou. He nui te whakataetae,' e ai ki a ia. 'Kei a au te tikanga kia pai taku poipoi i te whakangungu...
I ahuareka a Liam Plunkett ki te hokinga mai ki te kapa Test o Ingarangi i te tau kua hipa. E hiahia ana ia ki te haere tonu i tana whakaoranga ki te West Indies. Kua ora ia i tētahi whara waewae i ārai i tana wā o mua.