Need to continue the good work - Sammy

Allrounder Darren Sammy has said West Indies will need to stick to game plans and execute them clinically in order to ensure limited-overs success against Australia. West Indies have returned to Australia for five ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals after losing a three-Test series in November-December last year. Although that margin of defeat was 2-0, West Indies fought hard and proved to be testing opponents.

"The last time we were in Australia nobody expected us to play the way we did but, with that series, we gained a lot of confidence knowing we could definitely beat the Aussies," Sammy told the Trinidad & Tobago Express. "In this shorter format of the game it is up to us to continue the good work we left off in Australia and implement it in the one-day series.

"It's an opportunity for everyone to step up and show what [they] are made of. It's up to us as long as we execute properly whatever team plans and team goals we have. The cricketers need to go out there on the field and play to the best of their ability."

Sammy said most players in the squad were in form after putting in solid performances during the WICB regional first-class tournament.

"I think most of the batsmen have been scoring runs, [Denesh] Ramdin has two hundreds Narsingh [Deonarine] one, [Brendan] Nash has some good scores and everybody should be happy with their game," Sammy said. "But like we know, Australia are always tough to beat but we just have to go out there and believe and execute properly. I love that word, I think execution will be our most important word there in Australia."

West Indies will be hoping to overturn their last one-day series result against Australia, when they were beaten 5-0 at home in 2008.