STUNG BY a narrow one-run defeat, the West Indies will have to quickly overcome that massive disappointment to focus on avoiding a series whitewash in the fifth Digicel one-day international against Australia at Warner Park today.
With Australia completing a fourth consecutive victory on Friday, the West Indies will try to restore lost pride by coming away with a win in the final match of the international home season and coach John Dyson made it clear they still had something to play for.
"We still have one match to play. It will be great to win one match in the series," Dyson said. "Michael (Clarke) and Ricky (Ponting) said from the start, they want to win 5-0. We don't want to lose 5-0.
"We will look at our performance. We will look at the good things we did. We will possibly talk about a couple of things we need to work on further and take it from there," he said.
choked
Chasing 283 in 50 overs, the West Indies choked under the pressure and could not complete victory after reaching 270 for four from 47 overs. The hosts finished on 281 for six.
After losing four matches on the trot, not many observers will credit the West Indies with a win in the final match, but Dyson feels it is still a meaningful affair.
"From our point of view, we are still playing to say that we are not going to get beaten 5-0. We don-t want to be beaten 5-0," the coach said.
After making changes throughout the series, the West Indies might contemplate the idea of bringing in teenage fast bowler Kemar Roach for his ODI debut.
Australia have made very few changes in the series and are likely to field the same team that played on Friday, which was captained by Clarke in the absence of injured captain Ponting.
Fast bowler Stuart Clark is the only player in the squad not to have played in the series and could feature in the line-up.
clarke confident
Stand-in skipper Clarke is confident that his side will complete a clean sweep of the series in which their other margins of victories were 84 runs, 63 runs and seven wickets.
A series whitewash will be a tremendous achievement for a team that is going through a transitional period following the retirement of a few outstanding players.
"When we get it (clean sweep), that will mean a lot. That was our goal when we arrived here as a one-day squad. We wanted to win every game we played on this tour," Clarke said.
"It is about showing the new guys that we have won the series, but the tournament is not over for us. We want to win every game. We will be out there giving our best and will like to go home 5-0 winners."
Despite the West Indies' defeat on Friday that upset many supporters among an almost packed ground, another bumper crowd is expected for today's match.
STUNG BY a narrow one-run defeat, the West Indies will have to quickly overcome that massive disappointment to focus on avoiding a series whitewash in the fifth Digicel one-day international against Australia at Warner Park today.
With Australia completing a fourth consecutive victory on Friday, the West Indies will try to restore lost pride by coming away with a win in the final match of the international home season and coach John Dyson made it clear they still had something to play for.
"We still have one match to play. It will be great to win one match in the series," Dyson said. "Michael (Clarke) and Ricky (Ponting) said from the start, they want to win 5-0. We don't want to lose 5-0.
"We will look at our performance. We will look at the good things we did. We will possibly talk about a couple of things we need to work on further and take it from there," he said.
choked
Chasing 283 in 50 overs, the West Indies choked under the pressure and could not complete victory after reaching 270 for four from 47 overs. The hosts finished on 281 for six.
After losing four matches on the trot, not many observers will credit the West Indies with a win in the final match, but Dyson feels it is still a meaningful affair.
"From our point of view, we are still playing to say that we are not going to get beaten 5-0. We don-t want to be beaten 5-0," the coach said.
After making changes throughout the series, the West Indies might contemplate the idea of bringing in teenage fast bowler Kemar Roach for his ODI debut.
Australia have made very few changes in the series and are likely to field the same team that played on Friday, which was captained by Clarke in the absence of injured captain Ponting.
Fast bowler Stuart Clark is the only player in the squad not to have played in the series and could feature in the line-up.
clarke confident
Stand-in skipper Clarke is confident that his side will complete a clean sweep of the series in which their other margins of victories were 84 runs, 63 runs and seven wickets.
A series whitewash will be a tremendous achievement for a team that is going through a transitional period following the retirement of a few outstanding players.
"When we get it (clean sweep), that will mean a lot. That was our goal when we arrived here as a one-day squad. We wanted to win every game we played on this tour," Clarke said.
"It is about showing the new guys that we have won the series, but the tournament is not over for us. We want to win every game. We will be out there giving our best and will like to go home 5-0 winners."
Despite the West Indies' defeat on Friday that upset many supporters among an almost packed ground, another bumper crowd is expected for today's match.