Adams asks team to stand up to the challenge

Adams called on his batsmen to pay more attention to the basics — building partnerships and batting through sessions — and said all of the 16 touring players had to take responsibility for a recovery.

“It won’t happen without the entire team. Everyone has a role to play even players who are young players and who might be struggling,” he said.

“It won’t happen if one man stands up. It has to be a whole team approach.”

Adams refused to speculate on their first Test team allowing Sunday’s disastrous loss to Victoria at the MCG.

“It’s too early to tell,” he said. “We select the team the night before the Test so I would be speaking out of turn if I tried to answer that question.”

The Windies will name their team Wednesday night, barely 12 hours before they take on the record-breaking Australians at the Gabba.

Their chances of stopping Australia’s 10-match winning streak seem remote after Sunday’s capitulation to Victoria, when they folded for 114 to lose by an innings and 63 runs.

They were close to full-strength, with paceman Marlon Black the only expected change to the Test bowling attack for leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo.

Adams would not discuss the batting role for star Brian Lara, who was exposed to the new ball early Sunday at No 3 after the early loss of under-performing opener Darren Ganga.

Adams admitted that Lara, who scored 19 and 20, had played at No 3 as a dress rehearsal for the Test but the skipper said all possibilities would be reviewed before the series began.

Test stats and milestones

– Australia needs one win to equal the record for the most consecutive Test wins (11), set by the West Indies in 1984-85.

– Glenn McGrath needs 12 wickets to reach 300 Test wickets and three to join Craig McDermott as the third most successful wicket-taker in Australian Test cricket.

– West Indies’ Courtney Walsh requires 17 wickets to become the first player in history to reach 500 Test wickets.

– Brian Lara needs 137 runs to move alongside Richie Richardson in seventh position for leading run scorers for West Indies.