Dyson unhappy with preparations for Abu Dhabi

West Indies coach John Dyson is unhappy with team preparations for the three-match ODI series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.

"We have not prepared well at all for the upcoming tour," he said. "We wanted a camp to be held but that was not possible and hence we go to Abu Dhabi and have two days there before we take on Pakistan in the first limited-overs match."

A few of the members of the national team were part of the Stanford Superstars squad and played in the recently concluded Stanford Super Series. Dyson was critical of the long preparatory camp for the Stanford matches, which was from September 18 till the start of tournament on October 25. He said it made it difficult for the West Indies side to train together ahead of the Pakistan clash.

"I think that having a six-week camp ahead of the Twenty20 match was an overkill for the game that was required to play," he said. "This is not the ideal preparation for such a tour and we are hoping that the players who were with the Stanford Superstars had a good work-out at the camp and those other players who were not in that camp, we hope that they were doing their work and will be ready for such a tour."

Dyson also said the staging of camps for the regional team had been a problem since his arrival in the West Indies. "We have been requesting certain camps from the West Indies Cricket Board and for some reason we have not been getting these camps at all.

"Having a camp prior to a tournament is very essential in conditioning your players for the task ahead. I think that these four-day and one-week camps we have been staging are not enough for our players and we need to have at least a two-week camp prior to a Test and one-day series."

The WICB, however, has managed to arrange a three-week camp in New Zealand for the team as a build-up to to the series. The West Indies play two Tests, two Twenty20 internationals and five ODIs from December 11 to January 13.

West Indies last played an one-dayer back in August, when they won the final of a tri-series involving Canada and Bermuda. The first ODI between West Indies and Pakistan will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on November 12.