Lara battles on as captain

Lara has suffered recent series defeats by Australia, New Zealand and England

Brian Lara has insisted he will not resign as West Indies captain despite their Test series defeat by England.

Lara has come under renewed pressure as England raced to a 3-0 lead on the four-Test tour of the Caribbean.

"I have another Test match to focus on so the time for assessing my position of captain is not now.

"Assessment time will come but I am here to play for West Indies and I will be doing that for some time to come," said Lara.

He stepped down as West Indies skipper four years ago after a whitewash in New Zealand but began a second spell in charge after last year's World Cup.

Since then, they have suffered series losses to Australia, South Africa and England.

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The 34-year-old has also lost form with the bat, scoring only 100 runs in the three Tests against England so far but he believes other batsmen need to do more as well.

"We played four series before this and for me to score the most runs in each and every series is a little bit of a concern," Lara said.

"I still believe we have a good group of young batsmen.

"It's not that they are too inadequate in technique or anything like that.

"They have to understand that they are playing for the West Indies and are following in the footsteps of great players and we need to try and emulate them.

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"It's just a lot of pressure mentally and you have to be a big man to play Test cricket."

Former West Indies captain Viv Richards, now chairman of the selectors, agreed that a lack of mental focus was undermining the team's strengths.

"Individuals with a wonderful amount of ability have been unable to have the package to perform at their very best," said Richards.

"We are looking for winners and some of the attitudes that we have seen are unacceptable and selfish.

"You have some guys who think because they have played a few matches, they have a rightful place in the team - there's no such thing."