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West Indies plan to play tough cricket against Australia
Captain Darren Sammy says West Indies plan to play tough cricket against Australia when they meet in a five match One Day international series starting early next month.
The tour starts with a game against a Ricky Ponting-led Prime Minister’s XI on January 29 in Canberra before the West Indies players head to Perth for the first two one day internationals (ODIs).
Speaking to reporters just before the players left the Caribbean on Wednesday Sammy says his charges intend to take the fight straight to the Australians.
“We are going down there confident and we are ready to play the game very, very hard. We expect Australia to come at us and we are not going to sit back and let it happen”, Sammy insisted.
“We are going to play the game in the true spirit that it should be played in but yet still we are going to play it very, very tough”.
Sammy says his players are match ready having participated in the Caribbean T20 tournament which ended Sunday after two fiercely competitive weeks of exciting cricket.
The Windies captain says he is encouraged by the pitches in Australia which are similar to the one at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St. Lucia where final matches in the Caribbean T20 tournament were played.
