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5/5/2004 
FINAL ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL SET TO BE A THRILLER  
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): Sunny weather and another pitch that looks full of runs have set the stage for a thrilling climax to the weather-beaten one-day international series between West Indies and England on Wednesday here. West Indies lead the seven-match series 2-1, after winning back-to-back matches at Gros Islet over the past weekend. Having secured their first Test series triumph in the Caribbean for 36 years, England were victorious in the opening one-day match at Georgetown but three others were abandoned as no-results because of rain. "We knew from the time the matches in Trinidad and Grenada were washed out, we had to win the remaining three to win this series," West Indies captain Brian Lara said on Tuesday. "We have completed two-thirds of the job and we are looking forward to the match. It is very important that we continue improving. "We had a good weekend in St. Lucia, but improvement is still needed for us to make sure and win this last match. "England, obviously, will be looking to do the same and we have got to be able to get on top of them all the way." Lara did not agree that his side, so heavily criticised after the Test defeats, was on a roll, but he felt they executed well over the last weekend and is looking for a repeat performance. "We just want to improve on our performances from the past because it is a different match with different conditions," he said. "The guys have to be able to assess things very quickly, so that we can come out on top in this last ODI." West Indies have made one change to their squad of 14 with fast bowler Tino Best replacing compatriot Ryan Hinds to add some firepower to their attack. "We need some more firepower in our attack," Lara conceded. "In the first 15 overs in the matches in St. Lucia, we saw guys using their feet to our new ball bowlers. "Someone with a little extra pace could change this, but I still think the guys that bowled did a tremendous job in St. Lucia. The pitches looked like they could yield over 300 runs and we limited England to 280, so credit must go them and they deserve to be selected again on Wednesday." England won the four-Test series 3-0, but they have looked far more vulnerable in the ODI series. Their batting, in particular, has lacked depth and their bowling has not had the same edge that it did in the Tests, when West Indies were blown away for totals of 47 in the first Test at Kingston and 94 in the third here. Michael Vaughan's side will be hoping to be much more competitive in their batting after falling away in the last 15 overs of all three matches that have been contested, and feeling the pinch from the bats of West Indies the dying overs in St. Lucia. Squads: West Indies (from): Brian Lara (captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan (vice-captain), Tino Best, Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Corey Collymore, Mervyn Dillon, Chris Gayle, Ridley Jacobs, Sylvester Joseph, Ricardo Powell, Ravi Rampaul, Dwayne Smith. England (from): Michael Vaughan (captain), Marcus Trescothick (vice-captain), James Anderson, Gareth Batty, Ian Blackwell, Rikki Clarke, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough, Stephen Harmison, James Kirtley, Anthony McGrath, Chris Read, Andrew Strauss. Umpires: Aleem Dar, Billy Doctrove, TV Replays: Eddie Nicholls, Reserve: Vincent Bullen. Match referee: Jeff Crowe Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com
 

 


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FINAL ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL SET TO BE A THRILLER