At a pre-match press conference, West Indies captain Brian Lara hinted that there are “a lot of options” which are being considered to ensure the team is well served in the closing overs.

Lara has scored only 32 runs in three innings but he says he could move up or down from his usual No.4 position in the order.

“There is also an option of myself batting even later because what seems to be happening in the One-Day Internationals so far is that we have been running out of stream after 35, 40 overs,” Lara noted.

“Number eight and number nine have been asked to play big roles and haven’t been able to come up with the goods so there is an option to go up or to go down so that you will see tomorrow,” Lara said.

“I’m sure that you’ll see something to that effect tomorrow,” Lara said.

It is also expected that the West Indies will revert to the opening combination of Chris Gayle and Ricardo Powell, which gave the team its best start of 75 runs in the first match in Jamaica last Saturday.

After experimenting with Powell, regular opener, Devon Smith was used to partner Gayle in the next two matches but the rookie Grenadian left-hander, who made his ODI in the opening match, failed to get going, making 1 and 9 at the top of the order.

In what could be the likely West Indies batting line-up, Wavell Hinds could be pushed up to the No.3 position and vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, who was used there in St Lucia, will come in at No.4, followed by Lara and stylish middle order batsman Marlon Samuels.

Regardless of whatever batting line-up is used, the West Indies will be hoping for a significant score for at least two of their top six batsmen.

To-date, not a single West Indian batsman has scored a half-century in any of the three One-Day matches.