West Indies vs United Arab Emirates, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - Live Cricket Score

Cloudy with a shower in spots: that's how the weather in Napier has been predicted for Sunday, a state that can also describe the situation the West Indies are in ahead of their final 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Pool B game against the United Arab Emirates on Sunday. Outside the top four in the points table currently, a handsome victory over the team still searching for its first win in a World Cup will keep West Indies in the reckoning for a place in the quarter-finals.

It's only after registering a strong victory can they rely on the result between Pakistan and Ireland, the last group game of the World Cup, and hope that Pakistan do them a favour by beating the team who have put them in this situation in the first place.

While India and South Africa have already qualified for the knock-outs from group B, Pakistan, Ireland and West Indies are in a three-way battle to occupy the remaining two spots. Pakistan and Ireland both have six points apiece with the former having a slightly better net run rate. West Indies are placed below Ireland with four points, but their NRR is better than that of the William Porterfield-led side. In case West Indies win against UAE and Pakistan prevail against Ireland, both West Indies and Ireland will be tied with six points, but the Caribbean team will progress to the next round as they have a better NRR.

No surprises there, folks! Jason Holder wants to filed first. An obvious choice considering the overcast conditions. I seriously hope for the rain to stay away. This is a crucial fixture for the West Indies.

Holder: The preparation was excellent. We had a few days off. We have been here for a little while, so it's all about putting it together today. We are going to field first. Obviously looks a pretty good pitch. We want to get into the UAE batting line-up as quickly as possible. Everything went well in terms of the week's preparation. It is a must-win for us, we've to just come in and execute our plans. We've got one forced change. Unfortunately, Chris Gayle pulled up with a sore back this morning, so Johnson Charles gets his first game. If you look at a replacement for Chris, I think Johnson is ideally fitted for it. He's one attacking batsman, so we just wish him well today.

Tauqir: We are very happy, it has been a very enjoyable and learning experience. We were happy that there were some notable performances from our boys also. We would have liked to have bowled first as well, but now we have no choice and we need to bat and bat well today. We have played some good games in this tournament and we would like to end on a high today. We've got two changes, we've got Nasir (Aziz) in and Manjula (Guruge) coming back.

Teams:

United Arab Emirates: Amjad Ali, Andri Berenger, Krishnachandran Karate, Khurram Khan, Shaiman Anwar, Swapnil Patil(w), Amjad Javed, Mohammad Naveed, Mohammad Tauqir(c), Nasir Aziz, Manjula Guruge

West Indies: Dwayne Smith, Johnson Charles, Marlon Samuels, Jonathan Carter, Denesh Ramdin(w), Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Jason Holder(c), Jerome Taylor, Kemar Roach