Eng-WI final Test starts today
Friday, 6 March 2009
England face a difficult balancing act over team selection for the final Test against the West Indies Friday, BBC reports.
They must win in Trinidad to square the series and could bring in two from Steve Harmison, Amjad Khan, Adil Rashid or Monty Panesar to boost their attack.
If five bowlers are chosen, Matt Prior could return behind the stumps and bat at six, meaning Owais Shah or Barbados centurion Ravi Bopara will make way.
West Indies, meanwhile, could give seamer Lionel Baker his second cap.
Daren Powell would be the man most likely to make way, as his five wickets in the series so far have cost 67 runs each.
But Baker, the first man from Montserrat to play international cricket, did not make an auspicious debut in New Zealand last December when he took 0-85 from 25 overs in Dunedin.
The home side's headaches, however, are small in comparison to those affecting England, who are under pressure to win the game and thus avoid a third successive series loss.
They must win in Trinidad to square the series and could bring in two from Steve Harmison, Amjad Khan, Adil Rashid or Monty Panesar to boost their attack.
If five bowlers are chosen, Matt Prior could return behind the stumps and bat at six, meaning Owais Shah or Barbados centurion Ravi Bopara will make way.
West Indies, meanwhile, could give seamer Lionel Baker his second cap.
Daren Powell would be the man most likely to make way, as his five wickets in the series so far have cost 67 runs each.
But Baker, the first man from Montserrat to play international cricket, did not make an auspicious debut in New Zealand last December when he took 0-85 from 25 overs in Dunedin.
The home side's headaches, however, are small in comparison to those affecting England, who are under pressure to win the game and thus avoid a third successive series loss.