A squad of 16 for four Tests in March and April will be announced at noon tomorrow. Given England's frequent misfortunes with fitness, it will be a miracle if all those named actually make it to the Caribbean. But Simon Jones, who has not delivered a ball in first-class cricket since rupturing knee ligaments 14 months ago, is set to be picked, subject to him coming through the imminent A tour of India.
Steve Harmison, who returned home from Bangladesh with a mysterious back injury, is another paceman in the frame. England are not yet ready to gamble on Andrew Caddick, however. He has only just started jogging after a back operation.
Probable squad: M Vaughan (capt), M Trescothick, M Butcher, N Hussain, G Thorpe, A Flintoff, P Collingwood, R Clarke, C Read (wkt), G Jones (wkt), A Giles, G Batty, S Jones, S Harmison, J Anderson, M Hoggard or R Johnson.
