London: Vice-captain Dwayne Bravo says that West Indies' sole objective will be avoiding a clean sweep after the Caribbean side conceded the three-match one-day international series to England with a second straight defeat here on Tuesday.
The West Indies produced a limp display to go down by eight wickets at the Oval and it came on the heels of their crushing 114-run loss in the opening ODI at Southampton last Saturday.
With the final game set for Friday at Headingley, Bravo said it was important the Windies came away with a win. "I wasn't here for the Test series but obviously I am here now and to lose the ODI series, I am very disappointed. We have a very good team and I think we should have given a better showing of ourselves," the experienced allrounder said.
WI lost the first ODI of the three-match series against England by 114 runs and the second by eight wickets.
"The New Zealand series [starting later this month], we will feel comfortable going into it but we have another game here to finish and a Twenty20. So that will be our focus and our aim, to try and win the last game and try and avoid a three-nil. I think that should be our aim at this moment."
Bravo top-scored with 77 as the West Indies, sent in by England, reached 238 for nine from their 50 overs. He even shared a hundred-run stand for the fifth wicket with Kieron Pollard (41) after the Windies slipped to 79 for 4 in the 21st over.
Opener Chris Gayle had earlier smashed a shot-filled 53 from 51 balls, counting three fours and five sixes, to give the innings a rollicking start. But once the left-hander was out in controversial circumstances, the West Indies lost four quick wickets for 16 runs and Bravo said Gayle's dismissal was a turning point.
"The decision did not help also. Chris got off to a very good start and it was unfortunate the way he got out. It actually put us on the back foot. Had the decision gone a different way, it might have been a different ball game," Bravo said.
"We lost our way in the middle and I think Pollard and myself kind of fought our way back with a hundred partnership before we lost the fifth wicket. Then we were not in a position to have the firepower to finish off the innings."
The West Indies lost the preceding three-Test series 0-2.
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