After taking a 3-0 series lead with a workmanlike 25-run victory in the third One-Dayer at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, Ponting said the next item of business for his team before he can think about a series whitewash, would be to win tomorrow's match at the Queen’s Park Oval.

“We want to win every game that we play but first and foremost now, is to win that fourth game and to wrap up the series. That’s what we are focusing on,” Ponting said.

“There was a proper wicket down there for the Test match so hopefully a couple of days of one-day cricket down there should see plenty of runs scored and a couple of exciting games and hopefully we can out at the right end of them,” Ponting noted.

Wednesday’s victory over the West Indies, which carried Ponting’s unprecedented unbeaten streak to 20 straight, wins, was achieved without key players Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee and the Australian captain said it is likely that the rotation policy will continue.

“It has been a long nine or ten months for a lot of the guys. A lot of the guys are actually looking forward to a little rest so I am pretty sure, come the weekend, that another couple of guys would be happy to stand down and have a break as well,” Ponting revealed.

Despite winning all three matches so far, Ponting said the results does not mean the West Indies are not a competitive team.

“My assessment of this West Indian side is that they are a very talented side and if you look down their batting line-up as we saw in the (Antigua) Test match, not long ago, they can and are capable of doing some very good things,” Ponting reasoned.

“They would be disappointed about today (Wednesday) because they probably felt restricting us to less than 260 with the bowling attack they had, they would’ve thought they were in with a really good chance of winning the game,” Ponting said.

“But whenever you are chasing a decent total like that, they are always going to be pressure on and we were able to put some pressure on them.

A few things went our way with a couple of run outs that were unfortunate dismissals for them.

“That’s the way one-day cricket goes. They were a bowler short but they certainly are not a bad cricket team,” Ponting contended.

Ponting said the West Indies appeared to be on course for victory when Wavell Hinds and Marlon Samuels were batting together in a sixth-wicket partnership of 65 runs.

“At one stage, they were probably just in the driver’s seat with Samuels and Hinds going along nicely so it was important for us to hang in there and keep doing all the basics well.

“Keep trying to build pressure on their batsmen and as it worked out, we got three run outs from that moment on, that’s where the game changed. (Ricardo) Powell came in and played well for a while. He got out, Samuels got out and that’s where the game changed,” noted Ponting.

Ponting also suggested that the West Indies should follow the Australians example and adhere to the fundamentals of the game when things are not going well.