CHENNAI – In one of the most important match of the World Cup, especially Group ‘B’, will be played tomorrow between England and West Indies at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. This is a make-or-break match for England, who are entertaining their fans with amazing results all through the world cup. Sometimes by losing to minnows like Ireland and Bangladesh and on the contrary with the mind-blowing fight back against India and South Africa.
Now England is on the edge and only a victory can keep their hopes alive in the remainder of the World Cup. At present Bangladesh is ahead of England in terms of points with equal number of matches played; therefore all three possibilities of tomorrow’s match will change the teams that will forward to knock-out stage.
If we see through the windows of past then it would be clear that both of these teams are almost had the same power as out of 87 total played between them the ratio is in favour of West Indies with 41-37. But in the world cup history England have clear cut edge over West Indies with 4-1 ratio out of total 5 matches played.
The match will start on 14:00 PST (14:30 IST, 09:00 GMT) and will be officiated by Asoka de Silva and Steve Davis, Shahvir Tarapore (third), Brice Oxenford (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee).
Both teams will announce their final eleven just before the match from the following squads:
Teams:
England (From): Matt Prior(w), Andrew Strauss(c), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Paul Collingwood, Michael Yardy, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Tim Bresnan, James Tredwell, Ajmal Shahzad, Luke Wright, Chris Tremlett
West Indies (From): Devon Smith, Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo(c), R Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Devon Thomas(w), Sulieman Benn, Nikita Miller, Kemar Roach, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Kirk Edwards, Devendra Bishoo
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