Hobart (Australia): Curtly Ambrose hit back at the West Indies critics yesterday with a few verbal bouncers of his own, saying they will look silly when the team knock over Australia in this week's opening Test in Hobart.


Sir Curtly Ambrose (right), the bowling consultant of West Indies team, talks to a player during a net session in April this year at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Pic/Getty Images

The under-performing Windies have been written off since arriving Down Under and more so after they were humiliated by a rookie Cricket Australia XI by 10 wickets in their only warm-up game leading into the three-Test series.