England are anticipating "a run-fest" in St Lucia as they resume their six-hitting battle with West Indies in a Super Eight fixture. The sides hit 120 sixes between them in a five-match T20I series in December - which West Indies won 3-2 - and are both expecting high scores at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground.

England play twice here in the Super Eight - against West Indies and South Africa - and made note how flat the pitch looked, with relatively short square boundaries allowing Australia and Scotland to hit 20 sixes between them. "It looks like a really good wicket, the way guys were able to hit through the line and the way the ball was travelling," Curran said, "[and] in last night's game, it looked like some good scores again."

"Tomorrow presents an opportunity here at the Daren Sammy Stadium for us as batters to get it right," he said on Sunday. "It's also a better opportunity on a better wicket When we looked on the schedule, all the batters were excited to come to St Lucia. Traditionally, St Lucia has been a place where batters like to bat. But it's also an opportunity for bowlers to bowl good spells here - especially the fast bowlers."

This has been the lowest-scoring men's T20 World Cup out of nine, with just 6.69 runs per over on average. But those numbers have been skewed significantly by some dicey pitches at the temporary Long Island venue, and England - based on their experience in December - have long believed that the World Cup will be "a slug-fest", as their managing director Rob Key put it.

West Indies won the six count by a margin of 64-56 in that series, with all five games won by the team that hit more sixes. England's batters had a range-hitting session with Kieron Pollard - who has captained St Lucia in the CPL - when they trained on Monday morning, and are looking to beat West Indies at their own game.

"Sometimes it's about turning your sixes into fours as a bowler, and small things like that," Curran said. "It might sound silly, but that's where the game of cricket's going. Even if you go for a lot of runs, if you take a wicket in that over, you could change the game. Looking at our batting line-up, we deal in a lot of sixes as well: it'll be a run-fest on Wednesday, I'm sure."

The other major factor to note in St Lucia is the breeze: winds of around 10mph have blown from the east to the west of the ground, with some balls flying unexpectedly for six and others swirling in the breeze. "We have chatted as a bowling unit: in the Caribbean, the wind's a big factor," Curran said.

England selected Jordan in their squad in anticipation of high-scoring games, offering extra batting depth from No. 8, but he has conceded 10.87 runs per over so far at the World Cup. They will weigh his all-round capabilities up against the need for early wickets against a West Indies side who will bat very deep themselves.