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ICC World Twenty20, 30 April-16 MayVenues: Guyana, St Lucia and BarbadosCoverage:plus live text commentary and reports on all matches on the BBC Sport website & mobiles
Captain Chris Gayle is hoping to return to the West Indies side on Monday when the ICC World Twenty20 hosts entertain England in Guyana at 1830 BST.Gayle missed Friday's win over Ireland with a buttock muscle strain.
England should be at full strength, although batsman Kevin Pietersen is on stand-by to fly home immediately if his pregnant wife goes into labour.
In the earlier game, Sri Lanka need to beat Zimbabwe at 1430 BST to avoid a shock elimination from the tournament.
A win over Paul Collingwood's England side would see the Windies into the Super Eights, leaving England needing to beat Ireland on Tuesday to progress.
I worry about the bowling. Anderson has just come back, Broad has a tendency to vanish over the fence, Sidebottom can't do much if the ball doesn't swing, Yardy was destroyed the last time he bowled to international class batsmen
But Twenty20 skipper Collingwood is backing his new-look opening pair of Craig Kieswetter and Michael Lumb to finally click into gear, after the South African-born duo failed to impress in the two warm-up victories over Bangladesh and South Africa.
Lumb and Kieswetter will be England's 16th different opening partnership in only their 25th Twenty20 international - while Kieswetter will be the 10th wicketkeeper used.
But Collingwood feels the team is stronger than when they were knocked out of the last World Twenty20 by the Windies on home soil last year - and is confident about their game plan for the slow Caribbean pitches.
"We cover all bases in terms of our line-up and are pretty clear in the team we are going to go with," he told BBC Sport.
"We had a clear plan before we came over - we knew what the wickets would be like and it's no surprise as to how they've played.
"We wanted to pick a pretty powerful batting line-up and put the opposition under pressure with restrictions in the first six. We will continue with that and back the guys at the top of the order.
"We know what Lumb and Kieswetter can do, and they can be very powerful. They haven't hit their straps so far, but I'm sure they will.
"We all saw the innings at Abu Dhabi that Michael Lumb played (for England Lions against England), and that's what we're looking for.
"He puts the bowlers under pressure, he's a real strong hitter. I'm sure once he gets a score on the board, he'll gain in confidence and do well for us.
"We all know what Kieswetter can do, and it potentially gives us a really powerful batting line-up. I'm sure those two guys will come good.
"But we have options. Ravi Bopara played a lovely innings against Bangladesh, and he is very versatile."
Meanwhile, Collingwood added that former England bowling coach Ottis Gibson's presence as the new West Indies coach will not affect them.
"Ottis is a very close friend to all of us, but we have a job to do, to go out and win this match, and we're confident that if we can play our best cricket against any team we can beat them," he said.
"They are dangerous - Chris Gayle will come back into the equation. Kieron Pollard is dangerous and Chanderpaul has a good record against us in Twenty20. We just have to make sure we stick to our game plan for each and every batsman
"We've got to play under pressure now, but I think all three dimensions of the game look pretty solid. Our bowling was fantastic the other day against South Africa.
"We're very clear on the team we're going to go in with, but our policy is not to give it away too early. We've got four great seamers, so one of them is going to have to miss out.
"We were pretty clear on our team when we got here, and there have been no surprises since about how it is going to be formed.
"We're going to have to adjust to the conditions, have a look at it on Monday and see what the wicket is like."
While several teams have handed the new ball to a slow bowler, Collingwood concedes there is a "possibility" England could turn to off-spinner Graeme Swann in the opening overs.
"It's a possibility and we have spoken about it, but we have a real strength in our three seamers," the Durham all-rounder said.
"Over the last couple of years playing Twenty20 they have done well. But it is an option against sides that struggle against spin, particularly with left-handers."
Meanwhile, the skipper does not expect to lose Pietersen mid-match - despite the stark warning last week that he would drop everything to attend the birth of his first child.
"If he starts a game I'm sure he will finish. It's only a three-hour game, so I'm sure in terms of flights he wouldn't be able to get out as quickly as that anyway," Collingwood added.
"We've always known the situation with Kevin and obviously have plans in place if he does have to nip off.
"We all understand, as there is no better feeling than seeing your first baby being born. If it is before a semi-final or final that is the situation we are in.
"We have got players who can come and do a good job, though he would be a miss."
Despite being likely to return himself, Gayle is likely to be without tall left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn through injury again.
"We have a lot of people supporting us in England, so we always want to give them something to smile about - and that encourages us to get the job done," he said.
"But it is two good teams and it should be a good match. I'm sure they come out here with blood in their eyes and want to beat us, so we have to make sure they don't get one up on us.
"Ottis is up against England and he will definitely want to beat them and laugh at them later.
"His input will count. It will benefit the team and it will be vital for us to know their players - and because he has been a part of it, he will help."
Sri Lanka were beaten by New Zealand in a thrilling opening game of the tournament on Friday, and will not underestimate Zimbabwe - who beat Australia in the group stages of the inaugural World Twenty20 event in South Africa in 2007.
"If we win every game from here we'll be champions," said coach Trevor Bayliss, whose side were losing finalists at Lord's last year.
"But there's no room for any more mistakes."
West Indies (from): Chris Gayle (capt), Andre Fletcher, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Narsingh Deonarine, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Kieron Pollard, Nikita Miller, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor, Wavell Hinds, Sulieman Benn.
England (from): Michael Lumb, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Tredwell, Ajmal Shahzad, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.
Sri Lanka (from): Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Chamara Kapugedara, Angelo Mathews, Sanath Jayasuriya, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendia, Chanaka Welegedara, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thissara Perera.
Zimbabwe (from): Prosper Utseya (capt), Andy Blignaut, Chamu Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Greg Lamb, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Vusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Brendan TaylorThis article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Captain Chris Gayle is hoping to return to the West Indies side on Monday when the ICC World Twenty20 hosts entertain England in Guyana at 1830 BST.Gayle missed Friday's win over Ireland with a buttock muscle strain.
England should be at full strength, although batsman Kevin Pietersen is on stand-by to fly home immediately if his pregnant wife goes into labour.
In the earlier game, Sri Lanka need to beat Zimbabwe at 1430 BST to avoid a shock elimination from the tournament.
A win over Paul Collingwood's England side would see the Windies into the Super Eights, leaving England needing to beat Ireland on Tuesday to progress.
I worry about the bowling. Anderson has just come back, Broad has a tendency to vanish over the fence, Sidebottom can't do much if the ball doesn't swing, Yardy was destroyed the last time he bowled to international class batsmen
But Twenty20 skipper Collingwood is backing his new-look opening pair of Craig Kieswetter and Michael Lumb to finally click into gear, after the South African-born duo failed to impress in the two warm-up victories over Bangladesh and South Africa.
Lumb and Kieswetter will be England's 16th different opening partnership in only their 25th Twenty20 international - while Kieswetter will be the 10th wicketkeeper used.
But Collingwood feels the team is stronger than when they were knocked out of the last World Twenty20 by the Windies on home soil last year - and is confident about their game plan for the slow Caribbean pitches.
"We cover all bases in terms of our line-up and are pretty clear in the team we are going to go with," he told BBC Sport.
"We had a clear plan before we came over - we knew what the wickets would be like and it's no surprise as to how they've played.
"We wanted to pick a pretty powerful batting line-up and put the opposition under pressure with restrictions in the first six. We will continue with that and back the guys at the top of the order.
"We know what Lumb and Kieswetter can do, and they can be very powerful. They haven't hit their straps so far, but I'm sure they will.
"We all saw the innings at Abu Dhabi that Michael Lumb played (for England Lions against England), and that's what we're looking for.
"He puts the bowlers under pressure, he's a real strong hitter. I'm sure once he gets a score on the board, he'll gain in confidence and do well for us.
"We all know what Kieswetter can do, and it potentially gives us a really powerful batting line-up. I'm sure those two guys will come good.
"But we have options. Ravi Bopara played a lovely innings against Bangladesh, and he is very versatile."
Meanwhile, Collingwood added that former England bowling coach Ottis Gibson's presence as the new West Indies coach will not affect them.
"Ottis is a very close friend to all of us, but we have a job to do, to go out and win this match, and we're confident that if we can play our best cricket against any team we can beat them," he said.
"They are dangerous - Chris Gayle will come back into the equation. Kieron Pollard is dangerous and Chanderpaul has a good record against us in Twenty20. We just have to make sure we stick to our game plan for each and every batsman
"We've got to play under pressure now, but I think all three dimensions of the game look pretty solid. Our bowling was fantastic the other day against South Africa.
"We're very clear on the team we're going to go in with, but our policy is not to give it away too early. We've got four great seamers, so one of them is going to have to miss out.
"We were pretty clear on our team when we got here, and there have been no surprises since about how it is going to be formed.
"We're going to have to adjust to the conditions, have a look at it on Monday and see what the wicket is like."
While several teams have handed the new ball to a slow bowler, Collingwood concedes there is a "possibility" England could turn to off-spinner Graeme Swann in the opening overs.
"It's a possibility and we have spoken about it, but we have a real strength in our three seamers," the Durham all-rounder said.
"Over the last couple of years playing Twenty20 they have done well. But it is an option against sides that struggle against spin, particularly with left-handers."
Meanwhile, the skipper does not expect to lose Pietersen mid-match - despite the stark warning last week that he would drop everything to attend the birth of his first child.
"If he starts a game I'm sure he will finish. It's only a three-hour game, so I'm sure in terms of flights he wouldn't be able to get out as quickly as that anyway," Collingwood added.
"We've always known the situation with Kevin and obviously have plans in place if he does have to nip off.
"We all understand, as there is no better feeling than seeing your first baby being born. If it is before a semi-final or final that is the situation we are in.
"We have got players who can come and do a good job, though he would be a miss."
Despite being likely to return himself, Gayle is likely to be without tall left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn through injury again.
"We have a lot of people supporting us in England, so we always want to give them something to smile about - and that encourages us to get the job done," he said. "But it is two good teams and it should be a good match. I'm sure they come out here with blood in their eyes and want to beat us, so we have to make sure they don't get one up on us.
"Ottis is up against England and he will definitely want to beat them and laugh at them later.
"His input will count. It will benefit the team and it will be vital for us to know their players - and because he has been a part of it, he will help."
Sri Lanka were beaten by New Zealand in a thrilling opening game of the tournament on Friday, and will not underestimate Zimbabwe - who beat Australia in the group stages of the inaugural World Twenty20 event in South Africa in 2007.
"If we win every game from here we'll be champions," said coach Trevor Bayliss, whose side were losing finalists at Lord's last year.
"But there's no room for any more mistakes."
West Indies (from): Chris Gayle (capt), Andre Fletcher, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Narsingh Deonarine, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Kieron Pollard, Nikita Miller, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor, Wavell Hinds, Sulieman Benn.
England (from): Michael Lumb, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Tredwell, Ajmal Shahzad, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.
Sri Lanka (from): Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Chamara Kapugedara, Angelo Mathews, Sanath Jayasuriya, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendia, Chanaka Welegedara, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thissara Perera.
Zimbabwe (from): Prosper Utseya (capt), Andy Blignaut, Chamu Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Greg Lamb, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Vusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Brendan TaylorThis article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.