West Indies up for any challenge - Coach

Abu Dhabi: Happy with seeing his team shape up the right way West Indies coach John Dyson believes his side will be up for each and every challenge in the future.

Former Australian star Dyson, who once ripped apart a fierce West Indian pace attack comprising Michael Holding, Sylvester Clarke, Joel Garner and Colin Croft to hit an unbeaten brilliant century in the 1982 series at Sydney, is currently trying to revive the fortunes of the Caribbean nation.

Dyson has a tough task on hand, but says he is excited with the progress made by his side, which is battling Pakistan in the three-match Fortune Cup one-day series in Abu Dhabi. Still, he says he is yet to strike a "proper balance".

"I am looking at a proper balance for my team so that we can cover all aspects of the game," said the 54-year-old Dyson, who represented Australia in 30 Tests and 29 one-dayers between 1977 and 84.

"If we go to a venue and find a fast wicket, we should have the kind of fast bowlers who can utilise such a wicket [well]. If it happens to be a wicket favouring seamers, we should have seamers to exploit the situation and if we have a spinning wicket, we should have spinners too.

"We are aiming to build bigger scores rather than a batsman being content with just a good 20 or 30 runs.

"Since I took over we have played top teams like South Africa, Australia and Sri Lanka and we are showing a lot of progress, but we need to be more consistent."

Dyson was quick to name a few up-and-coming youngsters and said the world should watch out for players like Xavier Marshall, Leon Johnson and Shawn Findlay, who are destined for stardom.

"Marshall is a very exciting player. Against Canada in Canada, he showed he is definitely a classy player. He has also shown his potential against Australia in Tests, but he still has to get a little more consistency in his 50-over game and must get a big hundred against the bigger teams."

He added: "Johnson has good technique and great aggression, and Findlay, who got a good half-century against Australia in the one-dayers, has played well in Canada. But he needs to get out of the comfort zone he is in right now."

Dyson revealed his delight at his side's preparation for the ongoing Fortune Cup, and added that he warned skipper Chris Gayle & Co not to take their Asian opponents lightly.

"As always Pakistan is a very strong team and on their day they can beat anyone. The net sessions during the last two days were excellent because we've had some excellent facilities here," he added.

Dyson dismissed claims that his side's inexperience could let them down saying: "In fact, inexperience is good for the side because we have youth."