As they gathered in Barbados on Friday for two weeks of what the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) described as “fitness testing”, Ottis Gibson and his new assistant, Toby Radford (presumably an official explanation for David Williams’ replacement is to follow), had to go beyond such a narrow remit and, as well, concentrate their players’ minds on the imminent task of confronting the powerful Australians.
Such preparation would have been
