Last chance for England

England superstar Kevin Pietersen (L) talks with interim coach Andy Flower during a training session at Port of Spain in Trinidad on Wednesday.Photo: AFP

England will make a desperate bid to win the fifth and final Test against West Indies, starting on Friday at Queen's Park Oval, to level the series and keep the Wisden Trophy which symbolises Test supremacy between the two sides.
England trail in the five-Test series 0-1, following an innings and 23-run defeat in the opening Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica, where they were dismissed for their third-lowest total of 51 in the second innings.
The second Test at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua was aborted because of an unsuitable outfield, while the third Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground and the fourth Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados both ended in draws.
England captain Andrew Strauss admitted that now his side's original objective to win the series has been scuttled, they would now have to settle on a share of the series which would allow them to keep the trophy.
Strauss's big challenge in the previous two Tests is that England have been unable to bowl West Indies out twice on flat pitches, and he is hoping for a surface that would allow for a far more competitive Test.
But he would still need to assemble the kind of bowling arsenal that would be able to bowl England to victory, and playing five frontline bowlers is an option.
West Indies just need to draw the last Test to secure their first series win over England for 11 years, but their captain Chris Gayle believes that's a negative approach and will be seeking a victory to formalise the series result.
"Definitely, we are looking for the win," he said.
For the fourth straight Test, West Indies have had the luxury of selecting an unchanged 13-member squad which suggests that things have started to settle down in their camp, but there are still two places in the final 11 open to question.
Left-handed all-rounder Ryan Hinds has not taken ownership of the No.4 position, and Lendl Simmons, whose form in the domestic first-class championship which is being contested simultaneously with the international series for the first time, may very well make his Test debut on home soil.
And there have been strong calls for the young and raw Lionel Baker to be given a chance ahead of Daren Powell, whose inconsistent fast bowling has often relieved the pressure.
The last 10 Tests at the Queen's Park Oval have all produced outright wins, and fortunately for England, West Indies have been on the wrong side seven times, including twice to the visitors.
SQUADS
WEST INDIES (from): Chris Gayle (captain), Lionel Baker, Sulieman Benn, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Ryan Hinds, Brendan Nash, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Jerome Taylor.
ENGLAND (from): Andrew Strauss (captain), Alastair Cook (vice captain), Tim Ambrose, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Steve Harmison, Amjad Khan, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Adil Rashid, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann.