The four-day match against Australia's fringe Test talent will provide the sort of workout needed to earn selection.
Team leaders Clive Lloyd and Malcolm Marshall command unqualified respect -- in contrast to last summer's factional brawls between players, coach Andy Roberts, skipper Richie Richardson and manager Wes Hall.
New captain Courtney Walsh Wednesday acknowledged the change of style but said it didn't necessarily mean a drop in standard.
``We've got to play more as a team because we're in a rebuilding stage,'' Walsh said. ``Everyone has a role to play and that's what we're working on.
``We're improving in the right direction and things are ticking over nicely. The win against Western Australia in the three-day game was a big boost for us because we played good, positive cricket.
``We could have declared behind but when we went for the positive approach it paid off and gave us a lot of confidence.''
In Perth, the Windies gifted the opening match to the Australian Cricket Board Chairman's XI, were thrashed in a rain-affected day-night game against WA, achieved a one-wicket win the next day then roared to a nine-wicket win over WA in the three-day match.
On Tuesday in Alice Springs they were too good for a Northern Territory Invitation XI containing seven Sheffield Shield players, despite being 66 for five at one stage.
Western Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, who has played against the tourists for the last week, will do so again here and said the upbeat mood in the Windies camp was evident.
``The team spirit seems very good and they all seem keen to work for one another,'' Gilchrist said Wednesday.
``The enthusiasm on the field, the general body language, the way they go about their business, if something goes wrong there's no flare-ups or anything like that.''
Strike bowler Curtly Ambrose is one of several players with groin strains and is likely to miss the Hobart match.
Opener Sherwin Campbell is expected to return from a sore thumb while x-rays revealed lefthander Shivnarine Chanderpaul's big toe was bruised, not broken.