England’s aim will be to give a more compelling performance against the West Indies T20 World Cup After narrowing Avoiding a stunning upset against Nepal.

Harry Brook’s men won their opener against the Associates by just four runs on Sunday, with only Sam Curran’s superb death bowling saving them from a humiliating defeat.

England know they will need to improve ahead of a dramatic rematch of the 2016 final, the Windies’ 35-run win over Scotland with Shimron Hetmyer scoring 64 and Romario Shepherd claiming a hat-trick as he took four in five balls in the 17th over.

Although England came very close to being humbled by Nepal, Curran believes they will be better for the experience.

“I think our build-up playing those three T20s in Sri Lanka was really important,” Curran told Sky Sports.

“I think we’re really confident as a side in our roles and stuff like that.

“With Brooky (Harry Brook) taking over, we are getting used to his style of captaincy which has been fantastic.

“In terms of the tournament, the first game, we know how the World Cup is played, it’s very different from a bilateral series.

“To get those two points. I was strangely standing on the field thinking ‘Wow, if we lose this, what’s the equation for qualifying?’

“Now we can smile with two points and we learned a lot from that game.”

Winner of this competition at the Wankhede Stadium First place in Group C. Both sides will end their group campaign against tournament debutants Italy, with England facing Scotland first and the Windies taking on Nepal.

England have won six of the last eight T20 Internationals against the Windies.

Team news for England vs West Indies

England have made one change to their XI against Nepal.

He sees Luke Wood, who struggled for accuracy at the death in that nervy encounter, pass out. All-rounder Jamie Overton replaces him.

After the comfortable win against Scotland, West Indies will probably go with an unchanged XI.

Line-ups for England vs West Indies

England: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (WK), Jacob Bethel, Tom Benton, Harry Brook (C), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid.

West Indies (estimated): Brandon King, Shai Hope (c, wk), Shimrom Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfan Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Jason Holder, Aqeel Hosin, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Moti.

How to watch England vs West Indies

England vs West Indies starts at 1:30 PM UK time on Wednesday. The T20 World Cup will be shown live exclusively in the UK Sky Sports. You can stream it on the Sky Go app.

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Prediction for England vs West Indies

After suffering a near-humiliation in their opener, England must produce a more focused performance against the Windies.

Hetmyer remains a threat after his brilliant effort against Scotland, but England have the batting firepower and bowling options to win in relatively regular fashion.