Canberra: West Indies captain Jason Holder was forced to make two changes to his team but won the toss and elected to bat first in the World Cup Pool B match against Zimbabwe at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Tuesday.
Both teams lost their opening match of the tournament but won their second and whoever wins the 45th one-day international between the two will move to second spot in the pool behind India.
“We’re going to bat first, it seems to be a pretty good wicket,” Holder said. “We’ve played here before and done well when we’ve batted so hopefully we’ll put some runs on the board.
“Our top four batters have started to set it up but not carried on so we’re stressing to them to just carry it on.”
As expected, Darren Bravo misses the match because of a low-grade hamstring tear he sustained during the emphatic victory over Pakistan in Christchurch on Saturday that revived West Indies’ campaign after the opening defeat to Ireland.
Jonathan Carter comes into the top order and will be looking for a strong performance to ensure he remains in the side for Friday’s encounter with South Africa, which Bravo is also likely to miss.
Tall spinner Sulieman Benn was also ruled out with a recurring back problem and Nikita Miller get his chance to show off his left-arm orthodox spin.
