Athanaze and Brandon King are at the crease. Athanaze is on strike. Sam Curran will open the attack

Sam Curran with the new ball. One slip in place. off we go...

Pitch report: "64 metres on both sides of the square and 75 metres down the ground. It is a fresh pitch and there is a lot more live grass on this. Spinners did get some grip the other day and it might be the case today as well. Not too sure about the dew factor and there could be some movement in the second half due to the moisture," reckon Ian Bishop and Stacy-Ann King.

Shai Hope: We would have done the same. We don't need to bring in complacency. Better start with the ball. Catches win matches. We need to asses quickly. The wind will be a big factor. Adaptation will be key.

Jos Buttler: We are gonna bowl first. We fancy to chase. We played well but couldn't quite close it. We played well for long periods of time in the first game. It comes down to execution. This is a new journey for this bunch of boys. There is breeze. Same team.

Teams:

West Indies (Playing XI): Alick Athanaze, Brandon King, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Yannic Cariah, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Oshane Thomas

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Will Jacks, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Brydon Carse, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson

England have won the toss and have opted to field

Windies have a massive chance to cash in on the momentum they have. Buttler will have to turn a new page for the English side. Their success has been well documented in white ball cricket post 2015 and one of the major reasons has been Buttler himself. But his prowess as a batter has been on the decline and that hasn’t helped England. It has mirrored in England’s performance as well. But today is a new day and a new chance to set the record straight. England will most likely field a completely different 11 for the next WC but the preparation has to start immediately like it did after the 2015 WC debacle.

12:30 local, 22:00 IST, 16:30 GMT: Some dust has settled over the WC campaign now. England had a debacle they will find it hard to forget. Windies had it worse. They didn’t even qualify. The two time champions didn’t even make it to the extravaganza in India and that would have been a major setback to a cricketing country which is looking for relevance in almost every format. The first ODI rolled out and Windies at home on the back of Hope’s ton managed to shock the 2019 champions. England have donned a new look. They have brought in new faces but the luck didn’t change. Windies are 1-0 up and a win here will mean a series win. That would be another setback for the English team which was setting fresh benchmarks a couple of years ago. Windies have a massive chance to cash in on the momentum they have. Buttler will have to turn a new page for the English side. Their success has been well documented in white ball cricket post 2015 and one of the major reasons has been Buttler himself. But his prowess as a batter has been on the decline and that hasn’t helped England. It has mirrored in England’s performance as well. But today is a new day and a new chance to set the record straight. England will most likely field a completely different 11 for the next WC but the preparation has to start immediately like it did after the 2015 WC debacle.

Preview

West Indies' fortunes in ODI cricket have been dwindling for a while now. Post the 2019 World Cup, they haven't secured many memorable wins in this format and their poor run eventually culminated in them missing out on the ODI World Cup for the very first time in 2023.

In these last four years, West Indies have sealed a series in this format only against the likes of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, UAE and Ireland. They have also suffered some embarrassing results with Bangladesh whitewashing them 3-0 twice and Ireland defeating them 2-1 once in the same period. But with the men in maroon on a mission to pick themselves up once again in a format they once bossed, they can do so with a morale-boosting triumph over the 2019 world champions England.

West Indies were very clinical with the bat as they breezed through in a daunting chase of 326. Four batters in that top five stood tall with the skipper leading from the front with a spectacular century. The fact that they did the job over a team that is also hurting for different reasons (but in the same format) is definitely commendable. If they can pull a job on them for the second time in four days, it will do a world of good for their confidence.

As far as England are concerned, ideally they wouldn't fret over the loss in the first ODI. After the WC debacle, they did come into this series making multiple changes. As far as approach is concerned, nothing has changed as Phil Salt showcased on Sunday. Wins are indeed important but looking at the bigger picture, they will hope the new faces manage to impress and push for places if the big names do return in the future.

When: 2nd ODI, December 6, 2023, 1:30 PM local time

Where: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

What to expect: Clear skies are expected for the game. It will be interesting to see how the wicket behaves under the lights though considering this is a day-night fixture.

Team News

West Indies

Having picked up a famous win, West Indies will likely stick to the same playing XI.

Probable XI: Brandon King, Alick Athanaze, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Yannic Cariah, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Oshane Thomas

England

The visitors would most likely not make changes to that batting group given they posted 325 on the board. A change or two might be made to the bowling attack though based on the nature of the surface. England skipper Jos Buttler is in need of runs.

Probable XI: Philip Salt, Will Jacks, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Brydon Carse/Matthew Potts, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson

Squads:

England Squad: Philip Salt, Will Jacks, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Brydon Carse, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Tom Hartley, John Turner, Matthew Potts, Ollie Pope

West Indies Squad: Alick Athanaze, Brandon King, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Alzarri Joseph, Yannic Cariah, Gudakesh Motie, Oshane Thomas, Roston Chase, Kjorn Ottley, Matthew Forde