CWI pronounces venues, fixtures for England’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has introduced the venues and schedules for England’s tour of the Caribbean final this 12 months in a white-ball collection which is able to include eight video games.
The world champions will interact the hosts in 5 Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) and three One-Day Internationals (ODI).
Barbados’s Kensington Oval will play host to the opening T20I on December 12 after which the collection will transfer to the Nationwide Stadium in Grenada for the subsequent two matches on December 14 and 16.
The Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba in south Trinidad would be the dwelling of the final two video games on December 19 and 21.
The ODIs will kick off the tour on the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor in Antigua on December 4 and 6, with Barbados’s Kensington Oval internet hosting the third and remaining sport on December 9.
“We’re delighted to have the ability to verify the England match schedule and to welcome as soon as once more their many travelling followers to the area for a pre-Christmas white-ball tour,” CWI chief government Johnny Grave famous.
“This tour will probably be a significant financial enhance to the host nations, in addition to offering our followers with the prospect to see a few of their favourite gamers in motion in opposition to one among our largest rivals.
“The tour may even assist with our ongoing venue preparation and occasion planning for one of many largest occasions ever to be staged within the area, the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup, which takes place in June subsequent 12 months.
“We additionally stay up for saying the fixtures and venues for the India tour of the West Indies in July and August very quickly.”
The guests are the reigning world champions in each codecs of the sport, whereas the hosts are ranked seventh in T20Is and two locations decrease in ODIs.
They toured the Caribbean final 12 months January and misplaced a five-match T20I collection 2-3, however then returned two months later for a three-match Check collection which they misplaced 0-1.
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