The tremendous-hitting prowess of Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels is a danger to England in their opening match while West Indies will be more fearful of Eoin Morgan’s batsmen rather than his bowlersWe know,despite the protestations of used centre‑backs, that it is possible to win something with kids. That remains an encouragement for England’s cricketers before their opening match of the World Twenty20 tournament against West Indies.
Relatively speaking England’s Twenty20 cricketers are kids. In their squad there is just one man older than 30 and that is Liam Plunkett, and who was a late replacement for Steven Finn and who is the likeliest seamer to be omitted from the final XI at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. By contrast West Indies have eight men over 30 to choose from in their squad.
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Source: theguardian.com