Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced the venues and schedules for England’s tour of the Caribbean last this year in a white-ball series which will consist of eight games.
The world champions will engage the hosts in five 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 series will move to the National Stadium in Grenada for the next two matches on December 14 and 16.
The Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba in south Trinidad will be the home of the last two games on December 19 and 21.
The ODIs will kick off the tour at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua on December 4 and 6, with Barbados’s Kensington Oval hosting the third and final game on December 9.
“We are delighted to be able to confirm the England match schedule and to welcome once again their many travelling fans to the region for a pre-Christmas white-ball tour,” CWI chief executive Johnny Grave noted.
“This tour will be a major economic boost to the host countries, as well as providing our fans with the chance to see some of their favorite players in action against one of our biggest rivals.
“The tour will also help with our ongoing venue preparation and event planning for one of the biggest events ever to be staged in the region, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which takes place in June next year.
“We also look forward to announcing the fixtures and venues for the India tour of the West Indies in July and August very soon.”
The visitors are the reigning world champions in both formats of the game, while the hosts are ranked seventh in T20Is and two places lower in ODIs.
They toured the Caribbean last year January and lost a five-match T20I series 2-3, but then returned two months later for a three-match Test series which they lost 0-1.
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