ADELAIDE, Australia (CMC):

Former Test cricket great and current West Indies manager Joel Garner plans to ask the West Indies Cricket Board to review the way West Indies teams are prepared for international tours as the team faces Australia in their second Test, starting on Friday (Thursday evening - East Caribbean Time) at Adelaide Oval.

The visitors trail 0-1 in the three-Test series after Australia crushed them by an innings and 65 runs inside three days in the opening Test at Brisbane last week, and no one believes they have a prayer of hope of saving the series.

Injuries

Injuries to Jerome Taylor and Ramnaresh Sarwan have also compounded the problems for the Windies.

"It would have been better if we were together for a month in training rather than going to a [domestic] one-day tournament," said Garner. "A Test match is five days, and we've been playing too much [limited overs] cricket leading up to this series, and it showed in the way the fellows batted."

Meanwhile, captain Chris Gayle said his side was focused on playing far more competitively in Adelaide than they did in Brisbane.

"Since we arrived, we have been training really hard, and the players are working around the clock," said Gayle. "We were below par in the first Test, but we have had some long discussions and meetings, and we are learning from our mistakes and correcting our errors. It's no secret that our performance in the first Test was well below par - in fact, it was terrible."

trouble

Sarwan batted in the nets at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, as he races against time to be fit for the Test. He missed the first Test in Brisbane due to back trouble, and his stability was missed.

The axe is likely to fall on Brendan Nash meaning that Travis Dowlin should hold on to his place, and drop down the order to either five or six.

Selectors will also have to decide to boost the attack with either Darren Sammy or Gavin Tonge. This follows the return home of Jerome Taylor after he sustained a left-hip and lower-back injury.

Meanwhile, Australia are sizing-up another three-day Test, and are fired up by the thought of more free time.