Australia captain Michael Clarke says he won’t be surprised if the West Indies bounce back hard from their first Test humiliation.

The tourists claimed a thumping nine-wicket win inside three days in the series opener in Dominica last week.

Many are predicting a similar thrashing in the second and final Test starting at Sabina Park, Jamaica, on Thursday (0100 Friday AEST).

But Clarke is having none of that and fully expects the Windies to bounce back in Kingston.

“It’s going to be extremely tough,” Clarke said.

“They fought really hard, especially on that third day in first Test match.

“We’re hoping as a team that we can improve from the first Test match. We have to be at our best to beat them. There’s no doubt about it.”

With veteran opener Chris Rogers still sidelined due to concussion, the Australians are expected to pick the same team which claimed the first Test inside three days.

The Kingston pitch looked grassy and green on Wednesday, although Clarke was refusing to speculate given how much surfaces can be altered in the Caribbean prior to a match starting.

Clarke said the team had faced “challenges” since their arrival in Kingston on Monday, though he wouldn’t be drawn on what they specifically were.

He believes the two days of rest the team enjoyed in Dominica before making the journey to Jamaica will help them overcome those challenges.

“It helped freshen guys up. Dominica was our first Test match together for a while as a group,” he said.

“Finishing inside three days meant we had two days to freshen up mentally and physically and then the boys trained really well yesterday.”

Meanwhile, West Indies batsmen Marlon Samuels and Jermaine Blackwood are both in doubt for the second Test.

Samuels, who top-scored with 74 in the Windies’ second innings of the first Test, missed the hosts’ final training session on Wednesday at Sabina Park due to illness.

Blackwood was struck in the helmet during the session and failed to complete training.

Windies’ skipper Denesh Ramdin said he wasn’t sure whether either batsman would play.

“He’s just under the weather,” Ramdin said of Samuels.

“The physio will have a look at him later and see how he feels. Hopefully he can play tomorrow.

“(Blackwood) just got a hit on the helmet. He’s just icing it at the moment. We’ll just have to speak to the physio and see where he’s at.”

The news is the last thing the Windies need as they attempt to rebound from a humiliating nine-wicket loss inside three days in the series opener.

Ramdin says the way his team rebounded in a recent series against England was proving an inspiration.

The Windies defeated England by five wickets in the third Test in Barbados to share the three-Test series one-all just days after being humbled by nine wickets in the second Test in Grenada.

“The guys are pretty confident,” Ramdin said.

“We’re hurting from that loss in Dominica. But if you look at the series against England, if you look at the way we came back to win the last Test in Barbados I think that shows the self belief that we have.

“We’ll take that into this Test match.”

Windies (probable): Kraigg Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Shane Dowrich, Marlon Samuels, Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin, Jason Holder, Jerome Taylor, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach.

Australia (probable): David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Steve Smith, Michael Clarke (capt), Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

– AAP