West Indies are contemplating unleashing an all-pace attack on England in Barbados.
The famous West Indian sides of yesteryear were renowned for pummeling tourists into submission with a fierce battery of quicks but times have changed in recent years.
They no longer have the best fast bowlers in the world and the slow nature of pitches has encouraged the use of spin in the Caribbean.
But a slight fitness concern over leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, coupled with all-clears for Jerome Taylor (shoulder) and Jason Holder (ankle), means they could join Shannon Gabriel and Kemar Roach in a pace quartet.
The pitch at the Kensington Oval is likely to be harder and bouncier than those at Antigua or Grenada, but leaving part-timer Marlon Samuels as the only spin option would still constitute a gamble.
Slow left-armer Veerasammy Permaul has been summoned as cover, but captain Denesh Ramdin is pondering taking that risk at 1-0 down in the series.
"We will see how it goes in the morning, you never know, we could go all four seamers," he said.
"Holder had some bowling on Wednesday and a full net today, so he is fit and ready to go; Taylor is fit, he is ready.
"But Bishoo is nursing a light injury. In the last game he bowled 50-odd overs and he feels a bit sore. Coming into the second innings the skin (on his finger) just peeled off a bit.
"We will assess it in the morning and he is covered by Permaul.
"It's going to be a good pitch, a bit more bounce than the last pitches.
"When we play in Barbados, there's always a bit of bounce and I think we need to come hard at the English.
"We are one down, so we need to play a little more aggressive and positive cricket."
Ramdin believes his side are ready to compete despite the disappointment of their last-day defeat in Grenada.
Having fought their way into a position where a second consecutive draw seemed the likeliest outcome, the Windies colluded with an inspired James Anderson to lose six crucial wickets on the fifth morning.
"The last Test match we played four brilliant days of cricket. We fought right through and it was just one hour where we lost the Test," he said.
"We have to accept that we played some bad cricket on that fifth day, but we have gone past that.
"The confidence is good still. We've put that behind us, we know where we went wrong and hopefully we can overcome that.
"We would like to be more aggressive in all aspects of our game, don't let them settle or anything like that. Be aggressive to their batters, be aggressive when we go there and shove the ball all over the park."
Source: PA
