Cricket-Gayle going for victory as Strauss seeks final reprieve

By Simon Evans

BRIDGETOWN, March 2 (Reuters) - In a scenario few would have predicted at the start of the tour, West Indies are a draw away from their first series win over England for 11 years.

However, West Indies skipper Chris Gayle said the team were thinking only of winning the fifth and final test in Port of Spain, which starts on Friday.

"Definitely, we are looking for the win. We are not going to out and play for the draw and be negative. We still have to play positive cricket," Gayle told reporters on Monday after the fourth test had petered out to a dull draw.

"Once you go out with a negative mentality it can do more damage to you."

After England's defeat at Sabina Park in the first test -- where they were defeated by an innings following a batting collapse of 51 all out -- a tied series is the best captain Andrw Strauss can gain.

Strauss has no choice but to seek victory or his team will head home having lost the Wisden Trophy.

"It was obviously a big goal for us to come out here and win and we can't do that now," he said.

"I don't think we have any real excuses for where we are at the moment but it would be nice to be on level terms certainly. But the way we played in Jamaica wasn't good enough and that's why we are where we are at.