Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke is hoping for a better pitch in Grenada for Sunday's key third one-day international against the West Indies.
Clarke hit 56 and took three wickets as Australia won on the surface on Friday to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.
But he said: "I think the pitch is probably one of the worst that I have played on in international cricket.
"It seamed early, balls went through the top, and once the ball got older, it was really slow and hard to score."
Clarke added: "Our game plan is to win every game we play, and this would be to hopefully leave West Indies winning 5-0 in this ODI series.
"It obviously is going to be an important match because we know that if we win on Sunday, we essentially have won the series."
West Indies coach John Dyson is looking for much better batting effort from his side after watching them fall well short of a revised target of 204 off 41 overs on Friday.
"It's hard to pin-point what has happened. I thought we did some good things. We bowled very well and fielded very well.
"It's just a shame that we batted poorly. You've seen at times through the series the sort of cricket we can play," Dyson said.
"It's just a shame that we are not consistently playing that type of cricket. That's one of the problems playing against a team like Australia, and also having a squad that is still improving."
The last two matches of the series will be contested on 4 and 6 July at Warner Park in the St. Kitts capital of Basseterre.
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