West Indies v Zimababwe preview, Match 15, Canberra

Having seen the damage West Indies did to Pakistan, he was wary of his team not being switched on from the first ball. “I think it's going to be really important to start off well, both with our batting and our bowling, because I think their top order is very dangerous,” he said. “We mustn't let them get away from us too quickly. Similarly, the batting. Pakistan were four down early, and you can't really recover from a position like that. We just have to make sure that we start early, both with bat and with ball.”

West Indies has won all four of its previous World Cup encounters, the last of them in Jamaica in 2007, and you have to go back to Guyana in March 2010 for the last Zimbabwe win. The two batting heroes that day were Tatenda Taibu, who retired at the age of 29 in 2012, and Vusi Sibanda, left out of the World Cup squad.

Zimbabwe's best performance came in 1999 and 2003 where it made it to the Super Six stage, while West Indies hasn't reached the semifinals since 1996. In a group where India has made all the early running, there are plenty of twists and turns in store. At the Manuka Oval, one of these sides could take a big stride towards the last eight.