The
England cricket team
The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) since 1903. Engla ...
toured the West Indies in February and March 2017 to play three
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
(ODI) matches.
England won the series 3–0 and was the first and only time that England had whitewashed the West Indies in an ODI series in the West Indies.
Squads
David Willey was ruled out of the tour following an operation on his shoulder, with
Steven Finn
Steven Thomas Finn (born 4 April 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who also bats right-handed. At the age of 16, he became Middlesex County Cricket Club's youngest-ever debutant in first-class cricket. He made his E ...
named as his replacement.
Alex Hales was added to England's squad after he recovered from a hand fracture.
Ahead of the ODI matches, the West Indies reduced their squad from fifteen players to thirteen, dropping Shane Dowrich and Miguel Cummins.
However, Cummins was added back in the West Indies squad for the third ODI as a replacement for Shannon Gabriel, who was ruled out due to a side strain he suffered in the 2nd ODI.
Tom Curran was added to England's squad as a back-up for Jake Ball, who suffered a knee injury during the second tour match.
Tour matches
List A match: UWI Vice Chancellor's XI v England
List A match: West Indies Cricket Board President's XI v England
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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2017 in English cricket
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