article_snippet.sent: Defeat against West Indies in a three-Test battle that begins here on Monday is simply unthinkable for an England captain who is desperate to avoid being distracted by the seismic changes going on all around Cook.
article_snippet.sent: West Indies (probable):
article_snippet.sent: K Braithwaite, Smith, Samuels, Chanderpaul, Darren Bravo, Blackwood, Ramdin (captain and wkt), Holder, Benn, Taylor, Roach.
article_snippet.sent: England (probable): Cook (captain), Trott, Ballance, Bell, Root, Stokes, Buttler (wkt), Jordan, Broad, Tredwell, Anderson.
article_snippet.sent: Chance of showers on all five days and strong cross-wind throughout which will affect bowling and make reverse swing crucial. 
article_snippet.sent: England’s leading Test wicket-taker would dominate the agenda.
article_snippet.sent: The day before a Test the captain should be worrying about what’s important to the captain.
article_snippet.sent: That’s making sure we’re ready to try to win a series against West Indies.
article_snippet.sent: This is an inexperienced home team and one that England really should defeat easily.
article_snippet.sent: Yet the pitches will be slow and turgid, making it difficult for either side to take 20 wickets and West Indies can clearly sense that England must be vulnerable.
article_snippet.sent: For now what comes next for England has to be pushed to one side.
highlights_snippet.sent: It has been an eventful few days since England arrived in the Carribbean .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: England take on the West Indies in the first of three Tests from Monday .
  