West Indies coach identifies key area to help his team bounce back against England

West Indies coach Andre Coley has identified one area his team must perform better in if they are to mix it with England in the second Test of their ongoing ICC World Test Championship series in Nottingham.

The Caribbean side were outclassed in the opening Test of the series as they fell to a disappointing loss by an innings and 114 runs at Lord's in what was a fitting farewell to champion England seamer James Anderson.

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The three-match series now moves to Trent Bridge for the second contest and Coley knows his team must produce a better performance in all aspects of their game, starting with their efforts in the field.

"I would love to see us with a lot more intensity that we're known to show in the field," Coley said ahead of the second Test against England that commences on Thursday.

"I thought in this (Lord's) Test match, we weren't at our best in terms of imposing ourselves on the England batters. That is definitely something that we need to be better at for the next Test."

The West Indies currently sit in sixth place in the World Test Championship standings and badly need a pair of positive results from their final two matches in England if they are to keep in touch with the competition pacesetters.

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Coley said spirits remain high within the playing group despite the loss in London and he expects his side to be able to cope better with English conditions during the next two matches.

"Having been here now about two weeks, having a bit of time to acclimatise to conditions and actually getting time in the middle… yes, the result was not what we would've wanted and planned for, but I do believe that there's a lot to be had in terms of learning and takeaways," he said.

"We admit that the side we have, it is young and emerging… but we are still very positive about how we are approaching the second Test. Everybody's in good spirits. We've been catching up with the players one-on-one and this will really be the first time that we'll be settled as a squad.

"There's been quite a bit of activity on and off the field leading up to the first Test and it's been a lot, I can imagine, for some of our players to have been able to absorb. So it's a massive learning for everyone, players and staff, and we are still very positive as we head to Nottingham."

The West Indies showed some resilience earlier this year when they defeated reigning World Test Championship winners Australia at the Gabba after a similar big loss in the opening Test of that series and Coley believes his side can learn from that experience and produce a similar result in Nottingham.

"They would've taken a lot of positives from that (Gabba Test)," Coley said

"In terms of how we were able to bounce back, the process that we went through to be able to do that I believe is a lot more powerful (than winning).

"It reinforces the fact that in a series you could actually not start well but then compose yourself and come back in the series and be quite competitive, potentially set it up for a game-three decider. So there are real positives to be taken away, not only from the first Test here, but what we would've (faced in the) last six months."