Any hopes the England and Wales Cricket Board may have had that England's annihilation of Zimbabwe at Lord's would encourage the citizens of Nottingham to pack out Trent Bridge for today's second Test have been dashed by the news that only 16,000 tickets have been sold.

To the majority this match is now merely a warm-up before the Tests against the West Indies.

West Indies cricket has been resurrected this past few months and under Jimmy Adams they will provide a substantially sterner test than Zimbabwe. The England captain, Nasser Hussain, recognises the dangers in getting too blase about the Lord's demolition and its relationship to England's prospects of finally nailing West Indies.

"Don't make too much of it," he warned. "They (West Indies) are here just off a win, are fully behind their captain, have four good quick bowlers, some batters coming into form, including some good young players, and one oldish left-hander coming in as well. It will be a tough battle for us."

Indeed it will and the preparation, which began at Lord's, continues in this match where England will be looking to win their third successive Test.

As at Lord's, Hussain will wait until this morning before finalising his side. On that occasion he opted for Chris Schofield's wrist spin rather than the pace of Steve Harmison. Schofield, of course, did not turn his arm over as Darren Gough, Andy Caddick and Ed Giddins cleaned up.

Zimbabwe's injury worries were eased partially yesterday, with Pommie Mbangwa and Bryan Strang declared fit, although Henry Olonga was still hobbling. They have made changes to the top of their order, however. Guy Whittall is set to open with Grant Flower and Trevor Gripper has been dropped for Stuart Carlisle. Alistair Campbell retains his place.