HEADINGLEY,United Kingdom:West Indies vice-captain, Daren Ganga, who led the team in the final session after Ramnaresh Sarwan was injured, told the media at the end of play yesterday they will be looking to restrict England to under 450 runs in their first innings.
Ganga said: "Four hundred to 450 at this point in time would be ideal for us, but again we've got to do the job tomorrow."
England closed day one on 366 for five, led by century innings from captain Michael Vaughan (103) and Kevin Pietersen (130 not out).
"England has definitely shown that they are in front after today. We are still in the game. Getting five wickets today still puts us in the reckoning. We're looking forward to tomorrow. If you compare to the first Test match you will find that it is a similar sort of situation. We're still very opti-mistic and we're looking forward to a better showing tomorrow."
Commenting on the pitch, Ganga said: "It is a very good track to bat on. There is a lot less lateral movement than in Lord's. The England players have definitely played well, Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen. We'll be looking to laying up a foundation at the top and looking to get close and overhaul whatever total they give us."
With regards to the injury picked up by Sarwan, the acting skipper remarked: "It's disappointing for us. We still do not know what the scans will reveal but we are optimistic that he will be able to rejoin us in this game. We are going to remain optimistic."
Sarwan's injury compounded the West Indies' batting problems as Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the team's most experienced batter, had to pull out just before the start of play.
"Shiv is doing better, he was obviously given (every) oppor-tunity to play but at the last moment he was pulled out. It's unfortunate to lose that experience but we've got players who are looking forward to the challenge."
He added: "These things happen in cricket but we are young players and it is definitely going to strengthen our resolve as players. The guys are going to learn fromit."
