ADELAIDE, Australia (CMC) — In the face of another humiliating defeat, West Indies captain Chris Gayle haughtily guaranteed selection changes yesterday in a desperate bid to keep their five-match One Day International (ODI) series against Australia alive.

The high-flying Aussies whipped the Windies by eight wickets in the second ODI for a valuable 2-0 series lead and Gayle declared that he will personally make changes to side for Game 3 in Sydney on Friday (Thursday night Caribbean time)

“There will be a few changes,” Gayle said.

“I’ll tell you what, I don’t need to actually discuss it with any selector, I will make the changes myself at this point in time, and then I’ll take it up in my own hands and definitely push for a victory in Sydney,” added the big left-hander, who has been among the plethora of batting failures in the series.

The West Indies top-order has been wretched so far, with Gayle getting scores of seven and a first-ball “duck”, his opening partner Runako Morton three and four, and No 3 batsman Travis Dowlin one and two.

Gayle declined an immediate answer when quizzed about the specific changes in the side for the Sydney ODI.

“In a couple days time I can tell you, but there will be changes, I can promise you that,” he said.

Middle-order batsmen Kieron Pollard (31 and 32) and Dwayne Smith (7 and 43) are the only players in the side with an aggregate of 50 or more runs in the two matches so far.

Narsingh Deonarine has scored 19 and 23, Lendl Simmons 29 and one, and Denesh Ramdin 17 and 30.

In two calamitous batting performances, West Indies scored 143 all out at the MCG Sunday to lose by 113 runs and only managed 170 all out in their eight-wicket loss yesterday at the Adelaide Oval.

Rocked by an incisive opening spell by Doug Bollinger (4-28), West Indies slumped rapidly to 16-4 and never recovered.

“It was a very disappointing start with the bat again; we faltered in that area, so we definitely need to buckle down a bit more and see out that new ball a bit more, and not let them (Australian bowlers) in as quickly as we did in both games,” Gayle said.

In spite of his team’s current misery, Gayle put on a brave face over the prospects for the remainder of the series and would not rule out a comeback.

“It will definitely be hard to come back, but it’s still possible and we still have the self-belief to actually win the series, three more games to go and we still believe we can win it,” Gayle said.