It has been 20 years since the once mighty West Indies last savoured an overseas Test series win of note.
But Windies team manager Richie Richardson reckons there are no question marks hanging over his inexperienced side ahead of the first Test against Australia in Hobart.
Once unstoppable, the Windies have not recorded a Test series win away against any nation except for minnows Zimbabwe and Bangladesh since a 1-0 triumph in New Zealand in February 1995.
And that trend does not look like ending in their three-Test series against world No.2 Australia starting at Bellerive Oval on December 10.
The Windies are third-last in the ICC's Test rankings - ahead of only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe - and have stuck with the same squad which suffered a 2-0 series whitewash in Sri Lanka last month.
Windies captain Jason Holder has enjoyed just one victory in his 10-Test career - the only one they've won in their past 13 Tests.
They last won a Test series in Australia in 1992.
Yet ex-Windies skipper Richardson believed the Australian tour may be the making of his young side ahead of their opening fixture against a Cricket Australia XI starting in Brisbane on Wednesday.
"I really don't see question marks and I hope the players aren't thinking that way either because that is negative," he said.
"We have to back ourselves and look to win.
"We have a young team we are moulding.
"Our players will be looking to establish themselves and gain as much experience as possible."
The Windies claimed the 1995 series against New Zealand by thrashing the hosts by an innings and 322 runs in the second Test in Wellington.
But even that required some heroics from Windies greats.
Brian Lara (147) and Jimmy Adams (151) shone with the bat before a stunning 13-wicket haul by Courtney Walsh iced the result.
However, that same year also marked the Windies' downfall.
Australia snapped the Windies' remarkable 15-year, 29-series unbeaten Test run by reclaiming the Frank Worrell Trophy in 1995 from the hosts in the Caribbean.
They haven't been a Test power since.
But Richardson appeared unfazed ahead of their sole tour match before the first Test in Hobart.
"When I played the game I never underestimated anyone," he said.
"On any given day you can get the better of somebody, but you have to back yourselves.
"That's how I played the game and that's how I talk to the players.
"You have to believe you can conquer.
"If you do that you start to gain respect, you start to find yourself being on the same level as them and probably going past them."
