by With their disastrous World Cup campaign firmly in the rearview mirror, England now have another test of their white-ball credentials as they travel to the West Indies for a limited-overs tour.
The West Indies failed to qualify for this year’s World Cup, but this gives England a chance to bounce back after crashing out of the tournament with one win in their first six matches.
The England team will face the home team in three one-day internationals and then five Twenty20 internationals over the course of three weeks in December.
It will be the first time England have played the West Indies in ODIs in more than four years and they will be hoping for a better performance than what was produced during a “difficult” time in India.
When is?
England’s limited-overs tour of the West Indies runs from Sunday 3 December to Thursday 21 December. There are no warm-up matches, so England go straight into action against the hosts.
What is the schedule and the full schedule?
ODI series
All games start at 2 pm GMT
1st ODIDecember 3 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
2nd ODIDecember 6 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
3rd ODIDecember 9 at Kensington Oval, Barbados
T20 series
All games are day and night and start at 8 pm GMT
1st T20I: December 12 at Kensington Oval, Barbados
2nd T20I: December 14 at the National Cricket Stadium, Granada
3rd T20I: December 16 at the National Cricket Stadium, Granada
4th T20I: December 19 at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago
5th T20I: December 21 at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago
What are the most recent results between the two teams?
It has been a long time since the two sides met in a one-day international, but in both formats the results are mixed: 2-2 in ODIs and 3-2 for the West Indies in T20Is.
ODI
February 22, 2019: West Indies won by 26 runs
February 27, 2019: England won by 29 runs
March 2, 2019: West Indies win by seven wickets
June 14, 2019: England win by eight wickets
T20Is
January 22, 2022: West Indies won by nine wickets
January 23, 2022: England won by one run
January 26, 2022: West Indies won by 20 runs
January 29, 2022: England won by 34 runs
January 30, 2022: West Indies won by 17 runs
How do I watch on television?
England’s tour of the Caribbean will be broadcast on TNT Sports. The company, which bought BT Sport earlier this year, continues to hold the rights to matches played in the West Indies and Australia. Matches can also be streamed live on Discovery+ for a £29.99 per month subscription.
What are the latest news?
By Tim Wigmore
Jos Buttler will look to pay more attention to his batting and wicketkeeping during England’s tour of the Caribbean after admitting he found it difficult to devote enough time to his personal performance during the World Cup.
“It’s a big learning for me: managing my own game is vital for the team and finding different ways of doing it that allow me to get out of the way with a clear mind,” the England captain said before the match. first one-day international against the West Indies on Sunday. “I think the way I manage my time is something I had done very well up to that point in that World Cup.”
Buttler is trying to “find the right time and balance things with my own game,” he explained. “Something I always wanted to do in my career is find balance. Naturally, as captain, you take on extra responsibility, you have more things to deal with, but I’ve enjoyed that.”
Phil Salt and Will Jacks will open the batting together. Buttler rejected suggestions that he could open the batting, a role he has played to great effect in T20 internationals, where he averages 49.2 as an opener, but has never done so in ODIs.
“I have played almost 180 ODIs and had great success in the middle order. It has been my super strength in this game format and I want to make it even more concrete.”
The England captain said poor defending at the World Cup had only increased his determination for the rest of his international career.
“I have to use it as motivation and hunger to push myself and the team forward and learn from it; use it as a positive experience for the rest of my career.”
“We have had a bad tournament. It’s been in a great place for a long time and you see the great talent of the guys coming through and you want to help shape that period of white-ball cricket. That is something I feel responsibility and motivation for and individually I am always incredibly motivated to perform to the best of my ability and reach my potential. Anytime you get challenged and pushed back and people challenge that kind of thing, it certainly lights some fires and motivates you.”
“There is some really interesting talent on this team”
With only five members of England’s World Cup squad apart from Brydon Carse, who was a replacement player in the ODI squad, Buttler said it felt like a new beginning for the team.
“It is certainly a new beginning. “There is some really exciting talent on this team – young guys eager to take advantage of their opportunities and perform.”
Despite the personnel change and poor World Cup campaign, Buttler will give “very similar messages” to the team: retain the aggressive approach that served England well between 2015 and 2022, while emphasizing the need to be adaptable too. .
“You want to reinforce the way we want to play. It’s still a very positive and aggressive style of cricket, but within it there’s always a framework to go up and down the pace, and give some guys some clarity about where they fit in this team and the roles we want them to play.
ODI squad
Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Zak Crawley (Surrey), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Notts), Tom Hartley (Lancashire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Phil Salt (Lancashire), John Turner (Hampshire).
T20I squad
Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Notts), Will Jacks (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Tymal Mills (Sussex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Reece Topley (Surrey), John Turner (Hampshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).
