The Sri Lankans, one of the world's leading teams, comprehensively defeated the inexperienced West Indies side in most games of the series, which Browne-John thinks served its purpose.

"We were able to achieve what we wanted out of this series because we brought them (Sri Lanka) to give ourselves a clear idea of where we are (in women's world cricket), at the moment," Browne-John told CMC Sport on Tuesday.

"We now have a sense of where we need to go from here," she added.

The series was practice for the Caribbean side preparing for the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) tournament in Holland this summer.

The IWCC tournament will have the West Indies playing alongside Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, and Scotland for two spots to the 2005 Women's World Cup.

The Sri Lankans, who outplayed the Caribbean side over the past week-and-a-half, have already qualified for the 2005 World Cup and were only tested by the West Indies in the first and fourth games of the series, when they won by 27 runs, and nine runs, respectively.

They posted seven-wicket wins in games two and six, an eight-wicket triumph in the fifth, and won the third by 38 runs.

Browne-John believes the West Indies, who conceded a very high number of extras in the series, had chances to avoid a whitewash.

"I know from the results, we could have won one or two of those games."

She listed the performances of Trinidadian all-rounder Shane de Silva, and the teenaged medium pacers - 19-year-old Vincentian Clea Hoyte and Guyana's 17-year-old Candacy Atkins as positives from the series.

"We were able to see some players showing maturity, Shane de Silva and we saw some of the younger ones like Clea Hoyte and Candacy Atkins showing greater control in the bowling department," Browne-John said.

Before the July 19-28 IWCC World Qualifiers, the regional authorities plan to stage preparation camps, and will have the benefit of two West Indies women's tournaments to get the players fine-tuned - the junior championship from April 6 to 14 in St Lucia, and the senior tournament in Grenada from June 15 to 29.