England call for venue change

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Managing director of the England and Wales Cricket Board, Hugh Morris, said the ECB had submitted a proposal to the West Indies Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council to move the game to the nearby stadium, where England have been practising for the match.

England were seven without loss when play was abandoned and Morris said they hoped to change the venue of the match to avoid injury to their players.

Morris said that ECB chairman Giles Clarke had issued the request to the two bodies after play was abandoned after 14 minutes of play.

He told Sky Sports 1: "We are prepared to move the match to the Antigua Recreation Ground (ARG).

"It's critical that we play this match and we want to do that for ourselves after our defeat in Jamaica. For the fans that have come over here it is really important that we get this game going.

"Giles Clarke has put that proposal forward to the West Indies Cricket Board and the ICC and we are awaiting the result of that."

England captain Andrew Strauss, who was on six when play was abandoned, believes his players would stand less chance of getting injured at the ARG, but admitted conditions at the proposed alternative venue were far from ideal.

"It's not in a great state but in terms of injuries or whatever it is fit to play on," explained Strauss.

"We don't know what state the wicket is in. It might not have been covered all night but I think it's fit for bowlers to bowl on and batsmen to play on."