“It’s not going to be a stroll in the Park. We got to play well to beat this side,” Waugh admitted in a post-match interview following the Aussies’ nine-wicket triumph with a day to spare.

“I don’t think we are completely at our best but we played well. It’s been a long time since the guys have played a Test match together,” noted Waugh. “But all in all it was a good performance and really and truly, we will get better,” added the 37-year-old captain who was triumphant in his world record 157th Test.

“If you lose the first Test in a four-match series, it is going to be hard to come back but the Windies did that last time four years ago. We were a bit complacent in the second and third Tests and paid the price,” recalled Waugh.

“I know that just having played this game, that the West Indies got some very good batsmen in their line-up and they probably will be strengthened in the second Test so we will put together our best to make sure we play well,” Waugh declared.

He said opposing captain Brian Lara could be a destructive batsman but said Australia winning was more important than if the Trinidadian left-hander made a century in every Test.

“He is a great player and he showed that again yesterday (Saturday) playing a very good innings with a lot of power and placement,” Waugh said.

“There is only a couple of batsmen in the world that can make you change your field with the way they play their shots and Brian is one of those players where he would see a gap and he will go for that gap and try and make you change your field,” Waugh admitted.

“Brian can make a hundred every match if we win by nine wickets,” added Waugh.

Waugh was very guarded about predicting a series whitewash following their 5-0 triumph ‘Down Under’ during the 2000-2001 series.

“We are going into every Test match, trying to win. That’s the way we play the game. We are going to lose some along the way, we lost our previous Test match in Sydney (against England) but we bounced back here,” Waugh said.

“I know of teams who would go in playing for a win but that doesn’t mean you are going to win every Test match,” added Waugh.

Waugh said the West Indies’ improved batting display in the second innings when they erased a deficit of 252 runs with only two wickets down, was an indication that it won’t be smooth-sailing for his awesome Australian outfit.

“That shows what can happen in this Test match series if you don’t play well. We fought back really well from there. The wicket of Brian Lara was crucial. We were pretty lucky to get that and we made the most. That is what good sides do, they make the most of their luck,” Waugh remarked. Waugh said the fact that he has now played more Test matches than another player in the history of the game, is not as important as earning victory. “Right now, I am just happy for the guys. Brad Hogg, it is his first Test match win, obviously it was more special for him than most of the guys. Jason (Gillespie) took his 150th Test wicket. “It is lot of milestones in the match.

With the great strength of our side, it is always a team effort and you don’t practise too much on one individual, it is more a collective achievement,” Waugh remarked. “I am exceptionally happy with the way we played today (yesterday), taking five wickets for less than 20 runs. A good Test match win for us,” Waugh acknowledged.

A happy Waugh conceded the decision to play five specialist bowlers in the Test paid off. “I thought it went well for this type of pitch where it was always going to be hard to take wickets. We knew we had to try to take 20 wickets to win the Test and we wanted to have as many options as possible and that gave us the variation that was required,” Waugh acknowledged.