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Antigua: After unsuccessful attempts to salvage the second Test at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, a new Test was hurriedly arranged for the ARG in a last-ditch bid to save the West Indies Cricket Board and the two-island state of Antigua & Barbuda from complete embarrassment.
But there is still a danger that the new Test could be undermined by the conditions and the state of the facilities at the ramshackle, quaint, little ground nestled in the heart of the Antigua & Barbuda capital.
Jerome Taylor his spell-of-a-lifetime in Jamaica not only won the Test for West Indies, but woke their slumbering fans from a decade of mild indifference.
Andrew Strauss of all England's current under-performing lot, Strauss is the man who most needs a score. England need his runs, but he needs them more; a hundred at the ARG will cement his authority among a team containing two former captains, and set in place his vision for the side's future.
Ryan Hinds, the spinning all-rounder, should retain his place ahead of Xavier Marshall who was dropped on Friday, and whose prodigious talent has yet to bore consistent fruit.
| West Indies | England | |
| Captain | Chris Gayle | Andrew Strauss |
| ICC Ranking | 7 | 5 |
| Key Players | Chris Gayle, Chanderpaul, Edwards, Taylor | Cook, Pietersen, Sidebottom, Broad |
| Drawing Broad | The last Test staged at the ARG was against India in 2006, in which Chris Gayle cracked 69 in West Indies' chase of 392. Fidel Edwards and Cory Collymore held on for a tense draw. | England's record here is poor. They haven't won in the six previous encounters, though two of those - in 1994 and 2004 - Brian Lara smashed his two world records, 375 and 400*. |
| Weather | Chance of Rain. Scattered Clouds. High: 27oC . Wind ENE 25 km/h . Chance of precipitation 40% (water equivalent of 1.22 mm). Heat Index: 29oC | |
| Pitch | The pitch is expected to be spicy and lively - even accounting for the painted centre circle where football games have been staged. | |
| Current Form | LDDWD | WLDLD (Recent last) |
| Head to head | Total 140, West Indies 41, England 53, Drawn 46 | |
