Windies seeking to hand Zimbabwe winless tour

Assistant coach Toby Radfordsays the West Indies are coming out with guns blazing in an attempt to send theZimbabwe players back to Harare empty handed, when the second Test begins hereWednesday.
The two sides play each other in a second and deciding test at Windsor Park inRoseau following the West Indies nine-wicket win at Kensington, their fifthstraight win in Test.
The Caribbean side will be looking for their sixth consecutive win - going backto August last year when they beat New Zealand in Antigua and Jamaica; and lastNovember when they beat Bangladesh in Dhaka and Khulna.
"Every game is important. We want to make sure the Zimbabweans don't win agame on this tour. We want to send them home empty-handed," said Radford.
"We have had a really good run in Test cricket this last year - we didwell against New Zealand, we did really well in Bangladesh and we would like tofollow that up with a complete sweep here as well."
The game will be Zimbabwe's last opportunity to salvage some pride after losingevery international match on their Caribbean tour.
They have already suffered heavy losses in the One-Day Internationals 0-3 atthe Grenada National Stadium and took the T20s 2-0 at the Vivian RichardsCricket Ground in Antigua.
The Zimbabwe cricketers will have their work cut out for them on a surfaceexpected to provide bounce against inform spinner Shane Shillingford playing infront his home crowd.

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