Lara tells Windies to attack at Gabba

Lara is offering his team-mates the same advice he gave England ahead of their recent Ashes Test series against the Aussies.

"It is a tough task to come here and win the series, but we can be very competitive, and play the same sort of cricket England played," Lara said.

"Every time they wanted to dominate the English, the English dominated them. The West Indies will do much better than the World XI because we have been playing together for quite some time."

Lara is still protecting a jarred little finger, but is almost certain to play in the First Test.

On Sunday, he stopped many balls with his feet rather than his strapped hand while fielding against Queensland with whom West Indies earned a draw in a four-day match.