Australia aim to create history

It now shares 11 wins with Clive Lloyd’s West Indies of the mid-1980s following its win in the first Test over Jimmy Adams’ team in Brisbane last Saturday.But the home side is up against a perfect record by the West Indies in Perth, where the tourists have won all five Tests since 1975.

Waugh, 35 and the sole survivor of being on the receiving end of some of the West Indies’ easy wins over the years, ruled out revenge.

‘‘I don’t feel any of that,’’ Waugh said. ‘‘It’s no use having revenge on your mind, you can get distracted from what you’re supposed to be doing. For us it is important to be professional and be ruthless and clinical if we can.’’

For the first time Australia will not go into a Perth Test match as underdogs and will carry an attack to put the West Indies under pressure.

Waugh ruled out playing four fast bowlers and said he was more inclined to play a conventional attack.

Having lost just three of his 18 Tests, Waugh is aware at personal landmarks of fast bowlers McGrath (two shy of 30 Test wickets) and Lee, hoping to become the first bowler to break the 100 mph. mark, could lose focus on a history-making victory.

Adams, facing the threat of another heavy defeat, wants to level the series and give his inexperienced side a chance to come back in the five-match series.‘‘What’s gone is gone,’’ said Adams, who is on his first tour of Australia as captain. ‘‘We’ve got a good record here. The situation facing us is that we have to level the series as quickly as possible.’’

West Indies’ hopes took a turn for the worse after star batsman Brian Lara complained of hamstring problem that has plagued him since his return to the side for the tour of England.

But Adams remains optimistic, with Lara as the key.

‘‘There is an air of expectancy right through the camp,’’ said Adams. ‘‘It is an important game for us for obvious reasons and everyone is focused on getting the job done.

The teams:

West Indies: Jimmy Adams (capt), Sherwin Campbell, Marlon Black, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Mervyn Dillon, Daren Ganga, Wavell Hinds, Ridley Jacobs(w.k), Brian Lara, Nixon McLean and Courtney Walsh.

Australia: Steve Waugh(capt), Adam Gilchrisht (w.k), Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Glenn Mcgrath, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Stuart Mcgill, Michael Slater, Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer