England Looks Cleansweep, WI Play for Pride

Birmingham: England would look to reinforce their status as the No. 1 Test team with a whitewash over a West Indies side who will be battling for pride.

Steven Finn has made no secret of his frustration at waiting on the sidelines this season so it may be an idea to give him some space if Graham Onions beats him to replacing Anderson. Since losing his place during the 2010-11 Ashes series Finn has only made two further appearances both against Sri Lanka; at Lord's and in Colombo. If he does get another opportunity it could be another short stay in the team but there remains plenty of time for him to forge the long Test career fully expected of him.

England's record against mystery spin is poor, you only have to go back to Saeed Ajmal earlier this year, so the prospect of them facing Sunil Narine for the first time is a fascinating one. Conditions will not be in Narine's favour, but the home side's batsmen will have to base their planning on video evidence.

Narine's first-class average is an astonishing 11.88 (after six matches) and although that needs to include caveats about the quality of some of the opposition, his impact at ODI level suggests he will not be an easy prospect.

Tino Best or Fidel Edwards will partner Ravi Rampaul. The top order will need a shuffle, too. Kirk Edwards, for his own well-being, needs to step away from the spotlight. Narsingh Deonarine is likely to bat No. 6.

Teams from:

England: Andrew Strauss (captain), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonathan Bairstow, Matt Prior (wk), Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Graham Onions, Steven Finn and Steve Davis (wk)

West Indies: Darren Sammy (capt), Kirk Edwards, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Assad Fudadin, Shannon Gabriel, Kieran Powell, Denesh Ramdin (wj), Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford, Tino Best and Sunil Narine

Stats and trivia

• The two teams have met eight times at Edgbaston with West Indies winning four and England two. The last meeting was in 2004 when England won by 256 runs.
• There will be two survivors from the 2004 match - Andrew Strauss and Shivnarine Chanderpaul - although James Anderson was also part of England's attack.
• Strauss needs 87 runs to reach 7000 in Test cricket

Pitch & conditions
Unfortunately at this time of the year, the weather in Birmingham isn't the best for cricket and this Test may well be plagued by some on and off showers. There is prediction of rain right from the first day.

Match facts
June 7-11, 2012
Start time 11:00 local (1000 GMT)