Still a lot to achieve from Abu Dhabi ODI: Estwick

West Indies trained at the ICC Cricket Academy, on the eve of the third ODI on Tuesday.

The West Indies have already lost the ODI series after those twin losses in Sharjah and will do the road trip to Abu Dhabi to try and prevent another clean sweep.
 But also on their mind is to take a bit of confidence going into the three-Test series which follows the ODIs.
 And West Indies bowling coach Roderick Estwick said that as much, as the squad trained at the ICC Cricket Academy, on the eve of the third ODI on Tuesday.
 "As a coach, you still got to work hard. Obviously, there are ranking points to be had. We don't want to lose 3-0. You want to go into the Test matches with a little bit of confidence. Obviously, there are players playing in the Test series, playing in the ODI series. So, it is important for them to get used to the pitches and the conditions, get used to the Pakistan bowlers. So, there is still a lot to achieve from this game," said Estwick.
After a poor showing in the T20s and the first ODI in Sharjah, the West Indies put up a fight in the second ODI, also in Sharjah. Their batting, which had been misfiring all this while, finally came together.
And Estwick said that was heartening to see, especially heading into the Tests.
 "What was very important and what was heartening from that defeat was that the players who did well there will feature in the Test matches. You saw Darren Bravo getting runs, Marlon Samuels getting runs. So, we are happy that the players who had a decent game in the last ODI are players from the Test squad. So, they would have had time in the middle, getting used to the conditions and getting used to the Pakistan bowlers," he said.
 Estwick, who has also coached the West Indies Under-19 side, said that it was learning experience for some of the young players in the squad, to play in such difficult conditions.
"Of course, you got to keep learning. Playing international cricket is one thing and playing CPL is another, scoring quickly and scoring on a small ground. I think what was a big surprise was the size of the grounds. Pakistan did that very well and made sure that fields were very big for T20 and then it threw us off a bit. But, like I said, it is a learning curve for all these young men and they know what to work on and I'm sure they will come back better from it."