Nicholas Pooran of West Indies performs a shot throughout the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup match between South Africa and West Indies at Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Oct. 26, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) has introduced a robust 15-man T20 squad to face England for the primary two fixtures in a five-match collection in opposition to England, which began on Nov. 9 at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
CWI stated it could reveal the squad for the remaining video games in St. Lucia later.
The collection started with back-to-back matches in Barbados on Nov. 9 and 10 earlier than transferring to St. Lucia for the ultimate three video games on Nov. 14, 16, and 17.
The West Indies T20 crew has been a dominant pressure, remaining unbeaten in 4 T20 worldwide collection since 2023, which has moved them up the ICC males’s T20 rankings.
Head coach Daren Sammy expressed his enthusiasm for the extremely aggressive collection. The crew is aiming for consecutive wins in opposition to the guests.
West Indies defeated England 2-1 within the ODI collection not too long ago.
Sammy stated: “The T20 crew is our most settled crew, with plenty of skilled gamers.
“Nonetheless, the problem might be choosing the 11, as each single participant is difficult for a spot.”
“As we face an excellent England crew, I’m assured that the chosen squad will proceed to play a model of cricket that permits us to win video games and this rivalry collection.”
Akeal Hosein, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, and Andre Russell, who missed the current Sri Lanka tour, rejoin the squad. Medium-pacer Matthew Forde, not too long ago named Participant of the Sequence within the CG United ODI collection, steps in to switch quick bowler Alzarri Joseph, who’s beneath a two-match suspension.
Joseph disputed ODI captain Shai Hope over the setting of the sector, which led to the previous strolling off the sector for a short interval. The incident occurred on Nov. 6 within the third ODI between the West Indies and England.
