West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has challenged his teammates to lift against an Australian bowling attack he rates not nearly as good as others he’s faced.

The hosts were embarrassed in Friday’s first one-dayer at the Arnos Vale Cricket Ground, collapsing to lose six wickets for just seven runs on their way to being dismissed for 140 chasing Australia’s 8-204.

That loss was the West Indies 13th straight one-day defeat to Australia, a record that stretches back to the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.

Samuels, 31, is one of just three players who played the last time the West Indies beat Australia in a 50-over contest but having seen the current line-up in action he doesn’t see why the hosts can’t bounce back in Sunday’s second match.

“Confidence is high. This Australian attack, there’s no demons in it,” Samuels told reporters on Saturday.

“We’ve had to face much, much better than what we’re facing at the moment.

“We’re here to play competitive cricket in our backyard and Sunday should be a better day.”

Samuels, who only returned to the West Indies line-up in 2011 following a two-year ban for his links to an Indian bookmaker, scored his 3000th ODI run in his 35 against Australia on Friday.

And he said the backing he received from former Australian captain Steve Waugh after his Test debut as a 19-year-old in Adelaide in 2000 had played a big part is his subsequent success at the top level.

“It’s a great and lovely feeling,” Samuels said of passing the milestone.

“I’m still sending tribute to Steve Waugh for seeing me as someone that would last in the future.

“I’m still here 11 years later doing this … I want to thank Steve Waugh for that belief in me.”