Must-win game for England

The World Cup may be less than a week old but we already have a must-win game for England as they take on Canada in St Lucia on Sunday knowing victory is their only option if they are to make it through to the Super Eight stage.

Michael Vaughan's team suffered a disappointing opening to their campaign when they lost to New Zealand on Friday but they have little time to think about it as they play just 48 hours later.

England's mid-order collapse, when they fell from 133-3 to 138-7 caused the problems on Friday and though they fought back to post 208 and took three early wickets, it was not enough.

On paper, though, Canada should be no match for England and Vaughan's men should return to winning ways easily enough, putting them back on track to make the last eight.

Bet365 make them 1/100 to come through against the Canadians, while the opposition are 16/1 to cause what would be a monumental upset, and also knock England out of the competition.

Vaughan is 5/2 to be England's top runscorer, just ahead of Ed Joyce, who looks a touch out of form, but is 3/1.

Andrew Strauss, who could yet come into the side for Joyce, is 7/2, the same price as Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen, while Andrew Flintoff is 9/1 and Paul Collingwood is 10/1.