Chanderpaul unhappy at lack of preparation

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies captain, has said his side would have preferred more playing time ahead of the first Test against Australia, which starts from November 3 at the Gabba in Brisbane.

Chanderpaul said the West Indies' only warm-up match - a four-day game against Queensland starting from Thursday - was not ideal preparation.

"Probably we needed two warm-up games." West Indies, said Chanderpaul, will field a full-strength team for the opening match against the Queensland team, which has Australian Test players Matthew Hayden and Shane Watson.

"We want everybody to have a go, and there is only one game before the Test match. You want everybody to have a shot at it, and a little bit of time before the game. But it's okay. We have another one after the first test."

The first Test will be followed by a three-day match against Victoria state and then the second Test at Hobart.