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Cape Town - England coach Trevor Bayliss insists they have the capacity to thrive - not just survive - against West Indies' rapid fast bowlers when the two lock horns in the Cricket World Cup on Friday.
Pace is the talk of the town ahead of the meeting at the Hampshire Bowl, with the Caribbean side boasting four players who can top 90mph.
Oshane Thomas and Sheldon Cottrell are in particularly good form, the former terrorising Pakistan in their opening World Cup game, with the latter bamboozling South Africa in the washed-out contest on Monday.
England have a pair of in-form quicks of their own in Jofra Archer and Mark Wood and the two sides could not be split in their recent ODI series - drawing 2-2 in the Caribbean.
"We can handle anything that is thrown at us," said Bayliss.
"I have not seen too many with express pace here just yet but we have a couple of good ones too so I expect it to be tit for tat.
"We will have to play at our best to come away with a win. In the Caribbean, we were a little bit up and down," he said.
"They bowled fast but then Mark Wood made a few of their guys jump up and down.
"The wicket here is reasonably flat and it has been in the past. There have been a few more wickets in the World Cup then there has been in the last few years so I expect the fast bowlers are rubbing their hands together."
Bayliss has a few selection headaches, despite being optimistic about Jos Buttler's fitness.
The vice-captain hurt his hip while batting against Bangladesh but appears to have overcome the complaint - even if Bayliss is unsure if he will keep wicket.
The England mentor added: "I haven't really thought about it. We'll make that decision in the next day or so.
"It was a little bit precautionary the other day. He said he could have kept, but he wasn't really sure if he would be able to run after a high catch."
