No one, least of all Michael Vaughan and his side, expected England to be leading the four-Test series 2-0 with two matches remaining.

But they have completely outplayed their opponents with disciplined cricket that has highlighted the deep cracks in the West Indies armour.

There is even speculation that England could claim their first series whitewash in the Caribbean, although they should cast their minds back to Australia's tour last year and South Africa's three years ago when those two sides failed in similar bids.

The home team have been rocked by the resignation of Ricky Skerritt, their manager for the last four years, but the West Indies Cricket Board has brought in Tony Howard, the former Test off-spin bowler and manager of the Barbados team that has dominated domestic West Indies cricket over the last two years in particular.

West Indies will be hoping the same virtues that Howard has extolled in those representing his native Barbados, six of whom join him for this Test, will rub off on the rest of the unit and help to transform the complexion of a series that for all intents and purposes has been all one-way traffic.

West Indies are likely to make two changes to their line-up that lost the second Test at Port-of-Spain by seven wickets.

Adam Sanford has been dropped and Fidel Edwards has been brought back to bolster the pace attack that will be staffed by all Barbadians. It has been 20 years since Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Wayne Daniel and Milton Small -- all Barbadians -- formed the West Indies pace bowling attack against Australia at Port of Spain.

The other change is likely to come in the middle of the batting. For all his talent, Dwayne Smith batted carelessly in the second Test and his place looks under threat from left-hander compatriot Ryan Hinds.

A third chance could also be on the cards. Opening batsman Devon Smith injured a finger during a private practice session in his native Grenada and there is some doubt about his ability to last five days.

Deciding to be safe rather than sorry, the West Indies selectors have drafted Daren Ganga, who struggled in the position on the recent tour of South Africa, into the squad to cover for Smith.

SQUADS
WEST INDIES (from): Brian Lara (captain), Tino Best, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards, Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Ryan Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Ricardo Powell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith.

ENGLAND (from): Michael Vaughan (captain), James Anderson, Gareth Batty, Mark Butcher, Rikki Clarke, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Stephen Harmison, Nasser Hussain, Matthew Hoggard, Geraint Jones, Simon Jones, Chris Read Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick, Graham Thorpe.

Umpires: Darrell Hair and Rudi Koertzen.