Ganga calls for 'right personnel' around team

West Indies captain Daren Ganga is calling for the "right personnel around our team" to help turn the side's raw talent into match-winning performers.

During a press briefing following the Test series in England, Ganga said the Caribbean side was full of "talent and potential" and called on those in charge to make a concerted effort to harness that talent to create a winning culture. Excerpts from Ganga's comments:

The experience at the international level in the English conditions, that is something that I've experienced for the first time. It's something that I'm going to keep in my memory bank in terms of what transpired in this series.

Leading the side in an international series is something I have never done before. It's been a new experience for me. Half way through the tour I never expected to have that responsibility and assessing myself after this series is something that I will do in order to realize where some things went wrong and ways that I can improve.

On if West Indies is closer to winning Test matches:

If you look back at the past three or four series we've played, we've had a Test match to win in New Zealand in Auckland in 2006, we fell short. We came against India (in the Caribbean in 2006), we had a Test match to win, we fell short, against Pakistan (in Pakistan 2006) we had a Test match to win as well and we fell short. At Old Trafford we fell short in the last Test by 60 runs, so we are finding ourselves getting closer and closer to Test match victories.

We've realized that we've got a couple draws as well so I think we're a couple sessions away from winning Test matches. It is something we need to address. The consistency in all departments of our game is lacking and that is something that has hurt us. It hurt us here in this game, we had England on the ropes and weren't able to get that breakthrough against (Paul) Collingwood and (Matt) Prior. These are things we need to revisit and address it as a team and look at these critical areas more accurately and try and capitalize on it.

On whether he expects the team to put in a better showing in the One Day series:

We've got a better record playing One Day cricket and if you look at the styles of our players you will realize that they are more suited to the One Day version and I think that is something that we've lacked on this tour – being able to adapt. Where we fall short as West Indian players is in adapting to situations and adapting to conditions. I'm sure we are going to put up a better effort in the One Day series.

On there being an impression that the West Indies players lack proper attitude and whether it has improved on this tour:

We are definitely improving, West Indian culture is something that is very unique and we need to appreciate that and we need to find ways of slowly and gradually changing that relaxed mode into a more professional mode and I think we're well on our way.

The effort is always there in terms of all the players but it's a subtle change, something that will take time, it cannot happen overnight. We've got a lot of talent and potential in our team and it's about harnessing it and trying to get the right personnel around our team to ensure we can get victories on the cricket field.

On whether he feels sorry for Shiv Chanderpaul battling away and not getting wins:

Of course, it's always difficult as a player when you put in a big effort but at the end of it there is nothing to show from a team's perspective and I know Shiv is a team player, someone who goes there and fights for the sake of the team and his batting in this series has been tremendous.

I don't think I've seen him bat like this before in my career playing with him, he is definitely somebody who can carry our batting and he will continue to do that and we all need to take a page out of his book in the manner in which he commits himself to cricket and commits himself to his game.