LEEDS, June 30: West Indies captain Brian Lara has told his side to concentrate on the job in hand when they face England in their triangular series day/night One-day International at Headingley here on Thursday.
Lara, whose side have played two games to England and New Zealand's three apiece, said overtaking the table-topping Kiwis rather than eliminating the hosts was the main priority.
"I am quite happy with the start but if you look at the table New Zealand is ahead so we need to win tomorrow to make sure we go back to the top," master batsman Lara said on Wednesday.
"This game is still in the early stages of the tournament and we will be looking at it as a must-win situation for us and leave it at that," the 35-year-old left-hander added.
"Even then if England were to win their remaining matches after tomorrow there would be a slim chance they could still get in. "But that is not our worry: our worry is that we win early up so we make sure we are in the final and give ourselves time to prepare during the remaining matches." West Indies are set to field the same team that appeared in both no-result washout against New Zealand and then beat England. -AFP
