We'll Be Pushing For A Win - Moore (Windies aiming for 401)

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England v West Indies, 1st Test, Lord's, 4th day

West Indies 437 (Chanderpaul 74, Ramdin 60, Panesar 6-129) and 7 for 0 (Gayle 0*, Ganga 4*) need 394 more runs to beat England 553 for 5 dec and 284 for 8 dec (Pietersen 109, Cook 65)

LONDON, United Kingdom - West Indies coach David Moore spoke with the media after the fourth day of the first Test against England at Lord's. Following are excerpts from his responses to various issues raised by journalists.

On how the game is poised:

I think it's very evenly poised at the moment. I thought that England with their very big first innings score were in a very good position then having us 5 for 187 they were in an excellent position. We fought very hard to get to where we are and the small partnerships which happened at the end of our innings were just fantastic not only for the end total but for our confidence and our team spirit. In that way we pushed over 400 and we were close enough to bowl them out (before they declared) and we're chasing 395 from 98 overs tomorrow. We'll be looking at assessing as the day goes on and if the time's right and there is an opportunity for a win we will be certainly pushing for one.

On whether the Windies will target Steve Harmison:

I don't think that we are going to target anyone in any way shape or form. I've watched Harmison bowl against Australia in England and absolutely destroyed them so we'll be very wary and respectful of all of the bowlers. (Monty) Panesar, Harmison and even young (Liam) Plunkett, they are all guys who can get key wickets and take the momentum away from the team that's batting.

On none of the batsmen getting a really big score:

The biggest disappointment in the first innings for us was that we couldn't get on and get a hundred or two hundreds. We got four scores around fifty but no one went on which was a little bit disappointing. That comes from good bowling and maybe one rash shot. We're in there fighting and that's the key for us, to be alive on the fourth day and going really hard.

On the batsmen all contributing:

It's a good feeling to see guys are scoring but in Test cricket hundreds count. That's the key, if we had one guy who got a hundred in the first innings we'd be another fifty runs on and we'd be a lot closer and it would have been a lot more difficult for England in this position. It's very nice to see everyone contribute but we were 116 runs short on the first innings and we have that to make up plus everything they scored in the second innings. It was a good team effort but we are still working hard to get some better results in that regard.

On how Day Five could pan out:

I know we are speaking about a 5th day wicket, I'm not going to delude myself but we're in a position where we have scored 360 in a day and we did it without putting the pedal to the metal and without (Chris) Gayle being there and scoring lots of runs. They key is not getting too far ahead of ourselves, we've got to assess our situation tomorrow. At any time if we feel there is an opportunity to go for a win we'll go for it, if it's not we'll try and play in the appropriate fashion to draw the Test.

On whether Monty Panesar is the greatest threat:

He'a a quality act, he's a top quality spinner. We've got to learn quickly, if we don't learn quickly we'll be dismissed quite quickly because he's that sort of cricketer but we're working very hard. We see Monty as a key person in their bowling attack.

On whether Chris Gayle is the key man in the Windies batting line up:

When we chased down those runs against Australia for the world record (418 in Antigua) Shivy Chanderpaul was the key so we've got a number of key people. Sarwan is obviously a key cricketer and Gayle and we've got (Daren) Ganga if we want people to bat for long periods of time. They key is all about the first hour tomorrow. We'll be able to set up after then, that's what we'll be looking after and trying to make an assessment. That's of course if the weather stays good, we've got our fingers crossed that it would be a very good finish.