England v West Indies, 2nd Test, Headingley

Moore wants consistency from West Indies

Cricinfo staff

May 24, 2007

The fighting spirit of West Indies' lower order - including Daren Powell - at Lord's pleased the coach David Moore © Getty Images

David Moore, the West Indies coach, has asked his players to keep up their hard work for the second Test against England at Headingley after a solid finish to the first Test at Lord's. Moore wants better consistency from his side but said there were plenty of positives to take into the match starting on Friday.

However, he was keen to dispel the theory that the draw at Lord's could be viewed as a win for West Indies. "It's not a victory, it is a draw," Moore said. "We have done some great work which is good for the boys' confidence but we are aware that every game is a different game and we have to start again.

"We have to take the good things out of the first Test and work on the other things. Headingley is a different kettle of fish to Lord's, we all know that and we're going to be very focused on our task here."

Moore said it was a credit to his players that in the first innings they took the score from 187 for 5 to 437. "That's something that we can take heart from," he said. "All the batters contributed and down below we got 25-run partnerships from number nine and ten. I was very pleased with our batters particularly during that second innings when Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga got through unscathed."

He was also impressed with the bowling in the second innings, when only two England players passed fifty, compared to four making centuries in the first. West Indies had only one three-day warm-up game before the Test series began - and that match was severely rain-affected - and Moore was confident the squad now had more idea of what to expect from English conditions.

"We've got a little bit [of practice] under the belt but we still need a lot more and the boys are getting used to every ground that we play on," he said. "Only a few of them have played over here before, particularly the bowlers so every ground that we go to is a new experience for them."

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