England confident of Strauss, Swann recoveries

England is confident that captain Andrew Strauss and main spinner Graeme Swann will recover in time for Thursday's must-win World Cup Group B game against the West Indies.

Top-order batsman Jonathan Trott on Tuesday said both players were expected to recover and would be "hopefully training tomorrow" after missing a morning practice due to stomach upsets.

Opener Strauss and off-spinner Swann are crucial players for England, which is fighting for a place in the quarterfinals following upset losses to Ireland and Bangladesh.

England has five points from five matches with wins over South Africa and the Netherlands and a high-scoring tie against India, but will be eliminated in the first round if it loses to the West Indies.

"They will be all right. Hopefully training tomorrow, sure they will be," Trott said. "They are feeling a little bit better. They should be ready for the game."

Trott said the illnesses could have something to do with players being in and out of air conditioning in the hot and humid conditions in Chennai.

"When you go from humid places into air-conditioned change rooms ... (perhaps) just a little bit about not looking after ourselves," he added.

Trott said England's only concern was the West Indies, because all other quarterfinal permutations were out of its control.

"Yes. Not much we can do. All our attention is on this game and it would be foolish if we take our eyes off this game," he said. "It is four knockout games for us and three for others.

Trott said England had struggled because it hadn't been consistent with bat and ball in the one match.

"We do have a good one day team. Perhaps we need to get a bit more consistent in our discipline in fielding, running and batting and everything."

Trott scored 67 in last week's loss to Bangladesh but came in for criticism for his slow scoring late.

"People are entitled to their judgment. I am not affected by that. To me what (coach) Andy Flower says is more important," he said. "My role in the side entails getting as many runs as I can for the team, as close to run-a-ball as possible, if situations and conditions allow, weigh the conditions and according to situations.

"It is about playing to the conditions and in the best interests of the team."