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Preview : England & West Indies clash yet again, for a spot in SemisFiled under
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Inside 20 hours since England came out triumps in a do or die encounter against defending champions India, home team will be back on field with another must win game.. this time, opposition will be West Indies, a team England have seen in full monty in last 4 months (playing 7 tests, 10 ODI & a T20) non stop.Points table : Super 8s, Group E : South Africa 4 points (2 played 2 wins, already qualified for Semi-finals), India 0 points (2 played 2 lost, out of tournament) and hence, England and West Indies, with 2 points each, will fill the second spot for Semi-finals from this group. From Lords in London where last night's game was played, English boys will travel to Kennington Oval ground (also in London) today for their last league game of Group E. Previous T20 meetings = Thrice, twice at the this very ground called Kennington Oval. Overall, West Indies lead 2-1 in T20 Internationals versus England. Test & ODI head to head = 82 ODIs, West Indies = 41, England = 37, No result = 4. In tests, West Indies lead 53 to 43 with 49 draws. Watch Eng v WI World T20 live on : Skysports in UK, Caribbean broadcasting in Caribbean, Starcricket in India, Directv in America, Foxsports in Australia, super sport in Africa, Prime sports in UAE and CBN in Canada. Match Start Time = 5.30pm local london time = 11.30am Jamaica Island = 10pm India = 2.30am Sydney in Australia = 12.30pm NY in USA = 12.30am Singapore/Malaysia = 12.30am China = 8.30pm Middle East. Warm-up & Group stage performance = England scored good wins in warm-ups against Scotland and West Indies, and against Pakistan and Netherlands in group stage but fell down miserably against South Africa before beating Indians yesterday. West Indies, on other hand, have shown signs of invincibility mixed with sillyness so far in the tournament. West Indies have scored wins over India and Australia so far in this World Cup twenty20 2009 tournament. England T20 World cup squad = Paul Collingwood (captain), Kevin Pietersen, Robert Key, Ravi Bopara, James Foster (wicket keeper), Owais Shah, Andrew Flintoff, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Eoin Morgan, Graham Napier, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Ryan Sidebottom, Luke Wright and Graeme Swann. West Indies World Cup T20 Squad : Chris Gayle (captain), Denesh Ramdin (wicket keeper), Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Andrew Fletcher (wicket keeper), Lendl Simmons, Xavier Marshall, Kieron Pollard, David Bernard, Derren Sammy, Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor, Lionel Baker and Sulieman Benn. Ground Reality : England and West Indies cricket fans might be bored of both teams playing each other again and again. Thankfully, these two teams don't play again until September this year when Champions trophy 2009 will be played. If England and West Indies don't clash then, they'll play again in T20 World Cup 2010 in West Indies and then, there's a full West Indies tour of England in June 2010.
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