4th ODI England v West Indies at Bridgetown - Mar 29, 2009 - Match scheduled to begin at 09:30 local time (13:30 GMT), One day
"There are 11 guys in that dressing room right now feeling pretty down on themselves," Strauss said. "It wasn't a contest, we didn't play well. There wasn't enough thought in the way we batted, but we have to take it on the chin.
"We didn't react well to the wicket. We all made the same mistakes. The crucial thing is you learn from your mistakes but, if we're honest with ourselves, we have done that kind of thing batting wise too often."
West Indies lead the five-ODI series 2-1 and Strauss believed his team had the character to bounce back from Friday's thrashing.
"Part of giving the players responsibility is that there are no excuses when we do badly," Strauss said. "We can't blame the coaches, we can't blame anyone other than ourselves and we each have an individual responsibility to make sure we don't make those mistakes again.
"This is where that system should work. If people have pride in their performances, which I am absolutely certain they do, I'm very certain that they'll come back and play a lot better on Sunday."
"There are 11 guys in that dressing room right now feeling pretty down on themselves," Strauss said. "It wasn't a contest, we didn't play well. There wasn't enough thought in the way we batted, but we have to take it on the chin.
"We didn't react well to the wicket. We all made the same mistakes. The crucial thing is you learn from your mistakes but, if we're honest with ourselves, we have done that kind of thing batting wise too often."
West Indies lead the five-ODI series 2-1 and Strauss believed his team had the character to bounce back from Friday's thrashing.
"Part of giving the players responsibility is that there are no excuses when we do badly," Strauss said. "We can't blame the coaches, we can't blame anyone other than ourselves and we each have an individual responsibility to make sure we don't make those mistakes again.
"This is where that system should work. If people have pride in their performances, which I am absolutely certain they do, I'm very certain that they'll come back and play a lot better on Sunday."
