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England will be looking to play 5ODI Series in a positive frame of mind as England have lost both the test as well as Twenty20.

England have played 13international Cricket with out any success and that is what it is hurting the most. Skipper Strauss as Challenged England player to go and Play Positive Cricket.

Strauss believes the squad he inherited following the dismissal of Kevin Pietersen as captain and Peter Moores as coach has been chosen more for this series in mind than the Twenty20 encounter several days ago.

England Skipper Strauss added "The Twenty20 defeat was a bitter pill to swallow as much as anything because of the way we played in that game - it wasn't the type of cricket we wanted to play on this tour.

England will miss the service of All Rounder Andrew Flintoff due to hip problem.

Even West Indies skipper is Chris Gayle is suffering with hamstring problems, if Gayle is unfit Denesh Ramdin will captain the side.

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Chris Gayle

West Indies Skipper Chris Gayle is back for the One Day Series, the Most Dangerous batsmen Gayle is out in the Twenty20 Match due to hamstring injury.

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo was also out due to ankle surgery but his performance Tweny20 gave him a chance to be in the One Day Squad, Meanwhile Sulieman Benn, whose three wickets helped West Indies to a comfortable six-wicket victory in the Twenty20 match, was surprisingly left out.

West Indies squad For 5ODI Series
Chris Gayle (captain), Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wicketkeeper), Darren Sammy, Kieron Pollard, Fidel Edwards, Nikita Miller, Daren Powell, Lionel Baker.

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Ramnaresh Sarwan

West Indies are on High Roll after defeating the Test Series by 1-0 West Indies won by 6wickets with 12balls remaining in the Twenty20 match.

England once again batting collapsed with only 121 to chase, England were all out in 19.1overs, West Indies on other hand reached the target in 18overs with 12balls to spare, Sarwan smashed the England bowlers with his brilliant performance 59 of just 46balls 4 fours and 2 two sixes.

After the Defeat England Skipper Strauss said "Pretty obviously the main problems lay with the bat you don't win too many Twenty20s having scored 120."

he further added "We lost wickets too regularly and we weren't smart enough with our batting to be honest. We weren't ever able to put pressure on the West Indies with the ball. It's just disappointing the way we batted.

England lost the Test series as well as twenty20, But they can prove the chance in 5ODI which starts from 20th March 09.