West Indies' Darren Sammy collides with teammate Darren Powell but takes the catch to dismiss Australia's Andrew Symonds on Sunday, day four of the first Test at Sabina Park. The West Indies, set 287 to win, were bowled out for 191. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer

KINGSTON (CMC):

West Indies coach John Dyson on Monday said his side had proved there were chinks in Australia's armour, even despite succumbing to a 95-run loss to the world champions in the opening Test at Sabina Park.

"You don't like losing, but we will take away quite a few positives. This Test match made everyone realise they (Australia) are only human," said Dyson, the former Australia Test opener.

"They are not super human and they can falter. If we continue doing the good things that we can do they might falter just enough to give us the opening we need.

Spirited performance

"I don't think there was a huge difference between the two teams in this Test match. You can't walk away and say 'it's not possible for the West Indies to win'. We showed that we can compete. We will walk away from here believing that we can do the job in the second Test match."

West Indies turned in a spirited performance to put the Australians on the ropes, but faltered on the last day in pursuit of 287 to win the match.

Dyson said the regional side were showing signs of improve-ment and hoped the second Test in Antigua, starting on Friday, could see an extension of this effort.

Positive things

"We will take away a lot of positive things and that is what we have tried to do from South Africa last year," the 53-year-old said.

"You can't expect a team to turn around overnight and consistently win every game. We recognise that and this is against the strongest unit in the world. I think we have put on a pretty good show and if we can improve on a few areas we can put on another pretty good show in Antigua.

"Hopefully, Australia can feel a bit more pressure. It must have been a bit of a wake up call that they didn't just walk in here and dominate and walk away with the game in three days. That didn't happen and we had five really good days."