Cricket - England Nets - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - January 21, 2019 England's Moeen Ali during nets Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
LONDON (Reuters) - With eight wins from their past nine tests, a three-match series in the West Indies should hold no fears for Joe Root's buoyant England team -- but things are never straightforward in the Carribean sunshine.
A struggling West Indies sit eighth out of 10 in the ICC's test standings and lost 2-0 to Bangladesh last time out with the red ball yet England have won only one of nine series there in the past 50 years -- under Michael Vaughan in 2004.
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