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Buttler leads both sides, with only five other players from India’s Cricket World Cup group backing up to play the ODI series in the Caribbean.
New Delhi: Looking to bounce back from their disappointing Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign, England have named new playing groups for their white-ball tour of the West Indies in December.
The series will play three ODIs and five T20Is from December 3 to 21 and will provide Jos Buttler’s side with the opportunity to form new long-term plans in the 50-over game, while looking ahead to the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June next year. West Indies and USA
Buttler leads both sides, with only five other players from India’s Cricket World Cup group backing up to play the ODI series in the Caribbean.
Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone will join the white-ball skipper, with the first two 50-over matches being played in Antigua.
Barbados will host the final ODI and the first T20I, before Grenada and Trinidad host two T20Is each.
After a breakthrough home summer in the Test format, Josh Tongue has been included in both the T20I and ODI squads, as has fellow seamer John Turner. The 22-year-old has impressed for Hampshire on the domestic stage, as well as with the Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Having missed out on qualifying for the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, the series marks the West Indies’ return to international cricket, having last played when India toured in August. The side lost the three-match ODI series 2-1 but claimed a 3-2 victory in the T20I series.
English teams
ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, John Turner
T20 squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Reece Topley, John Turner, Chris Woakes
England Men’s Tour of the West Indies
1st ODI: December 3, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
2nd ODI: December 6, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
3rd ODI: December 9, Kensington Oval, Barbados
1st T20I: December 12, Kensington Oval, Barbados
2nd T20I: December 14, Grenada National Stadium, Grenada
3rd T20I: December 16, Grenada National Stadium, Grenada
4th T20I: December 19, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad
5th T20I: December 21, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad