West Indies' captain Chris Gayle. - ap

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Despite needing just a draw to score their first series win over England in over a decade, West Indies captain Chris Gayle said yesterday his side would be taking a positive approach to the crucial last Test starting today.

West Indies beat England by an innings and 23 runs in the opening Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica but every match since then has been drawn.

"We don't want to go in there with the mindset like we're playing for a draw," Gayle said after the team's training session.

"We still have to go out there and play positive cricket. England have to throw everything at us and we expect it to be tough. We just have to go out there and do the basic things right."

West Indies' position in the series marks a huge turnaround for the regional side who last defeated England in a series back in 1998 when Michael Atherton's side were beaten 3-1.

It is also the closest the regional side have come to beating a major Test playing nation in six years, but Gayle cautioned that they had not yet turned the corner.

"We are just around the corner. We haven't turned it as yet. There is still a long way to go," the languid Jamaican said.

"This is actually a point where we can say, yes, we can turn the corner once we win the series. We have a hand on the trophy right now. We just have to see what happens in the next couple of days."

Gayle, who has led West Indies since 2007, said beating England in the series would be a significant and far-reaching achievement.