On Monday evening, West Indies batting coach Toby Radford laid out his masterplan to the media
on how his troops could somehow bat their way to victory in Hamilton.
We listened intently - but his best batsmen appeared to have turned a deaf ear.
"This is going to be a stiff ask, but I think we'll want to see lots of things," the affable Toby said.
"It's about individual performances - for us it's the last test match of the year, it's been a long busy year,
some of these players have been on the road for a long period of time, and it's their last opportunity
in test match cricket for a good number of months now - we don't play until four or five months into next year.
"So I'm sure they'll really want to finish the year with a personal milestone or go out on a bang
as well as a team effort."
"I think what we are wanting is a lot of fight and to really show what we can do," Radford said.
Instead, they could only bat 63.5 overs as they were dismissed before tea on day four.
"I'd love to see Kraigg [Brathwaite] and Shai [Hope] do something similar to what they achieved at Headingley
against England a couple of months ago.
Bat long, get a couple of hundreds and show people what we can really do," Radford had said.
on how his troops could somehow bat their way to victory in Hamilton.
We listened intently - but his best batsmen appeared to have turned a deaf ear.
"This is going to be a stiff ask, but I think we'll want to see lots of things," the affable Toby said.
"It's about individual performances - for us it's the last test match of the year, it's been a long busy year,
some of these players have been on the road for a long period of time, and it's their last opportunity
in test match cricket for a good number of months now - we don't play until four or five months into next year.
"So I'm sure they'll really want to finish the year with a personal milestone or go out on a bang
as well as a team effort."
"I think what we are wanting is a lot of fight and to really show what we can do," Radford said.
Instead, they could only bat 63.5 overs as they were dismissed before tea on day four.
"I'd love to see Kraigg [Brathwaite] and Shai [Hope] do something similar to what they achieved at Headingley
against England a couple of months ago.
Bat long, get a couple of hundreds and show people what we can really do," Radford had said.