BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):

Despairing West Indies will look to the game's shortest and most entertaining form on Sunday to gain some redemption from an otherwise depressing tour when they face Bangladesh in the lone Twenty20 International of the tour.

The makeshift side suffered clean sweeps in the preceding Test and one-day international series and the T20 at Warner Park represents their last chance of walking away from the series with some pride in tact.

Granted, the side was hastily assembled after the pull-out of the first-choice players as the West Indies Players' Association and the West Indies Cricket Board locked horns in another dispute over pay and contracts.

Inexperienced squad

Additionally, the squad was a gathering of inexperienced players, shepherded by the veteran Barbadian batsman Floyd Reifer who also possessed limited international experience.

Even then, many West Indies fans would have been hoping for at least a win against the lowly rated Tigers but this proved elusive against a side who bowled, batted and fielded clinically.

Reifer echoed the sentiments of coach John Dyson, noting that inexperience had been the difference between the two sides in the series.

"It is a young team. They have got to continue to play, and play hard. We have got to continue talking to each other," he pointed out.

Bangladesh, meanwhile, have outplayed the Windies at every turn. At points when it appeared as if the hosts were in winning positions, the Tigers turned the game around with extraordinary performances from both their batsmen and bowlers.

Inspirational Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan praised his players, noting that they had produced when called upon.

WEST INDIES: Floyd Reifer (captain), Darren Sammy (vice-captain), David Bernard, Travis Dowlin, André Fletcher, Rawl Lewis, Nikita Miller, Kieran Powell, Dale Richards, Kemar Roach, Devon Smith, Devon Thomas, Gavin Tonge.