Strauss: Lessons must be learned

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The England captain admitted Friday's eight-wicket Duckworth/Lewis defeat at the Kensington Oval was both "humiliating and embarrassing" after West Indies raced to their victory target in only 14.4 overs.

"Part of giving the players responsibility is that there are no excuses when we do badly," explained Strauss. "We can't blame the coaches, we can't blame anyone other than ourselves and we each have an individual responsibility to make sure we don't make those mistakes again."

He added: "This is where that system should work. If people have pride in their performances, which I am absolutely certain they do, and I'm very certain that they'll come back and play a lot better on Sunday."

It has put West Indies 2-1 ahead in the series with two matches remaining and the hosts are strong favourites to add a one-day series success to their unexpected Test series triumph earlier in the tour.

The outcome of Friday's match was never in doubt after England slumped to 68 for eight in a match reduced to 44 overs by rain and Chris Gayle's blistering 80 from 42 balls ensured West Indies emphasises their dominance in brutal fashion.

England's performance was not helped by four of the top six falling either to a pull or a hook shot and Strauss conceded: "I think the reality is we didn't react well to the wicket.

"We all made the same mistakes so there wasn't enough thought there and we have to ask ourselves individually why there wasn't enough thought. The crucial thing is to learn your lessons and if we're honest with ourselves we've done that sort of thing batting wise too often.

"What is very frustrating is if we keep making the same mistakes. Losing early wickets is not the way to win one-day internationals and we've done that too often.

"We've all got to hold our hands up and say that wasn't good enough and remember we're representing our country and we have an obligation to play better than that."