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England person 3 wins from 3 truthful acold astatine the T20 World Cup and are apical of Group 2
ByMatthew Henry
BBC Sport Journalist astatine Lord's
England could usage crystal packs, cooling vests and different methods to woody with the vigor during their T20 World Cup lucifer against West Indies astatine Lord's connected Wednesday, says stand-in skipper Charlie Dean.
Temperatures are forecast to scope 35 degrees connected Wednesday successful London with a uncommon reddish vigor informing successful place.
With the Group 2 lucifer acceptable to spell up (18:30 BST) amid question warnings, Dean said her broadside volition gully connected past experiences of playing successful countries specified arsenic India and Australia.
"It's a spot weird being successful England and it being this lukewarm but, yes, we've played successful these conditions earlier we cognize that it takes a batch retired of you," Dean told BBC Sport.
"We've got a fewer crystal packs, tons of ice.
"There's those vests, the cooling vests that Formula One drivers have. A fewer of them mightiness get tally connected and fewer [tubular] grips filled with crystal to enactment astir your neck, bits similar that."
Wednesday is apt to person the warmest temperatures for a cricket lucifer successful the UK since a sweltering England men's lucifer against South Africa successful Chester-le-Street.
That time the vigor reached 38C and immoderate spectators required aesculapian attraction successful the stands.
The Intentional Cricket Council (ICC) and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) person utmost vigor protocols successful spot for the match, with its information officer, lucifer officials, aesculapian teams and wider organising squad successful complaint of managing the concern throughout.
"I decidedly retrieve an umbrella being ran connected successful Dubai, truthful I don't cognize if it is that drastic but determination are loads of things you tin do," Dean said.
"Having chewing gum and mints successful your rima makes you consciousness cooler. There is loads of subject down it apparently.
"There's loads of things we tin bash to beryllium champion prepared."
It is expected air-conditioned spaces astir Lord's volition beryllium made accessible to spectators to chill down.
In utmost situations, a lucifer tin beryllium called disconnected if it is deemed unsafe for players oregon spectators.
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Cricketers person antecedently utilized umbrellas to structure from the prima during drinks breaks
Crowds were already reduced successful Bristol for Tuesday's World Cup matches due to the fact that of the heat.
A 4th triumph for England connected Wednesday would unafraid their progression done to the semi-finals with a lucifer to spare.
West Indies, who knocked England retired of the 2024 T20 World Cup, are besides person 3 wins from 3 successful this tourney but were pushed closed by New Zealand and Scotland. England bushed the Windies 3-0 successful a T20 bid past year.
Dean volition again deputise for skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt, who is not expected to play again successful the radical signifier due to the fact that of a calf injury.
Sciver-Brunt could instrumentality to grooming aboriginal successful the week but volition request different scan earlier being cleared to play.
"She's been astir the radical and she's tracking truly good which is great," Dean said.
"Having Nat connected the tract truly provides america with a consciousness of confidence, the calibre of subordinate that she is and the person that she is.
"I'm acceptable to measurement up should it beryllium needed but hopefully she'll beryllium backmost with america soon."
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