Bangladesh Television will telecast the day-night affair at the Bangabandhu National Stadium from 1.30pm. The winners go on to face Pakistan in the grand final on March 5 at the same venue.

England will start the game as favourites because they remain the only side with a 100 per cent unbeaten record thanks to the tremendous batting of captain Alastair Cook.

Cook is the tournament's second highest run-scorer with 350 runs including back-to-back unbeaten centuries and an impressive average of 87.50.

The English are also strong in the bowling department through Tim Bresnan, the right-arm pacer, with 16 wickets at a miserly average of 11.81.

West Indies, on the other hand, admittedly, have been unpredictable on way to the last four but that should not take away the fact they possess some stars of their own.

The Calypso cricketers will be banking on Tishan Maraj, Xavier Marshall and Lendl Simmons. The trio have hit centuries despite the side being dismissed cheaply on two occasions against Pakistan ( 88) and 157 against India under lights at the BNS.

Among the bowlers, right-arm paceman Lionel Baker has picked up 12 wickets. However a shin injury makes him doubtful for the big match.

Team manager Roland Sampath said a decision to include Baker would be made in the morning.

West Indies will also be relying on Ravi Rampaul, the only bowler with one-day international experience. He is back to full fitness after recovering from a virus.

But their opponents were not concerned.

"We've seen Ravi in action before on TV. We'll approach this game in the same way as all of our other matches," said England team manager John Abrahams.