Phil Simmons: Ecstatic over Barbados win

Simmons told Reuters: "It is a cause for optimism, you are talking about winning a Test match where we weren't fancied to do anything in the series. It gives them good confidence that they were part of it.

"The biggest part of winning that game is what the youngsters and the team take from that.

"The key message was that there is the ability there to play test cricket and do well at test cricket and we have to start looking and making sure we know exactly what we are doing and what direction we are going and all the players are part of that.

"I think application is a really big thing and it was something that we had talked about. It is a big game, a game of patience, like a chess game and everybody had to understand what application meant, and I think everyone came to the party as far as that was concerned."

Simmons was also delighted with the progress made by his younger players, like Jermaine Blackwood, Jason Holder, and Kraigg Brathwaite, all of whom are 23 or younger and made valuable contributions in the series.