England v West Indies: Third one-day international
Venue: Edgbaston Date: Tuesday, 26 May Start: 1045 BST
Coverage: Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, Radio 4 LW, Red Button and online, with live text commentary on the BBC Sport website & mobiles. Live on Sky Sports
 Gayle was West Indies' second-highest scorer with 31 at Bristol
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West Indies captain Chris Gayle has urged his team to forget their previous performance and focus on winning their final one-day game against England.
The teams meet in Edgbaston on Tuesday with England leading the series 1-0 after a six-wicket win in Bristol.
But Gayle insists a victory would give his team a much-needed morale boost ahead of the World Twenty20 in June.
"Our main focus is to square this series, get over that hurdle, then get ready for the Twenty20," said Gayle.
"We are not going back through history. It has happened. But at the same time it has been disappointing so far."
Only Dwayne Bravo displayed any resilience with a defiant half century in Bristol on Saturday, although the all-rounder's removal saw six wickets fall for just 32 runs as the tourists were dismissed for 160, with 11.3 overs of their 50-over allocation unused.
"I am more concerned about the batting department than anything else," said Gayle, who saw the first match of the three-game series abandoned because of heavy rain at Headingley.
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"You need runs on the board and we have seen how well England have handled themselves."
Despite their abject performance in Bristol, West Indies have talent in abundance with the likes of Gayle, Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, all capable of producing a match-winning innings.
And fast bowler Stuart Broad insists England will not be underestimating their opponents at Edgbaston
"Saturday means nothing if we don't win on Tuesday," Broad, who impressed with 4-46 in the second one-dayer, told BBC Radio Five Live.
"They will look to come back fighting and this series is still open, so it's up to us to make sure we put them under pressure."
"We have been practising hard making sure everything is positive leading into Tuesday."
England (from): A Strauss (captain), R Bopara, M Prior (wkt), P Collingwood, E Morgan, O Shah, D Mascarenhas, G Swann, S Broad, J Anderson, T Bresnan, I Bell, R Sidebottom.
West Indies (from): C Gayle (captain), L Simmons, R Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, D Ramdin (wkt), D Bravo, K Pollard, S Benn, J Taylor, D Sammy, R Morton, F Edwards, L Baker.
Umpires: S Davis (Aus) and I Gould
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