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 December 2023 to play three

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(ODI) and five

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(T20I) matches. The

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(ICC) finalized the bilateral series in a press release. In May 2023,

Cricket West Indies Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Indies). It was originally ...

(CWI) announced the schedule for the series. The T20I series formed part of both teams' preparation for the

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tournament. During the third and final ODI of the series, West Indies players wore black armbands to mourn the deaths of former West Indies cricketers

Joe Solomon Joseph Stanislaus Solomon (born 26 August 1930) is a former international cricketer who played 27 Test cricket, Test matches for the West Indies cricket team, West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1,326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in ...

and

Clyde Butts Clyde Godfrey Butts (born 8 July 1957) is a former West Indies cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled off breaks. Later, he became a team selector. In a career spanning 14 seasons, he played 87 first class games, including seven Test matc ...

and a minute's silence was observed prior to the start of the match. West Indies won the 3-match ODI series 2-1 by defeating in the final rain affected match by 4 wickets. West Indies also won the 5-match T20I series 3–2.

Squads

On 23 November 2023,

Josh Tongue Joshua Charles Tongue (born 15 November 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for the England Test team and Nottinghamshire having previously represented Worcestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, who also bats right-handed. ...

was ruled out from entire tour due to an injury, with

Matthew Potts Matthew James Potts (born 29 October 1998) is an English cricketer. Potts is a right-arm pace bowler and lower order batter. He plays first-class cricket for Durham County Cricket Club, Durham and made his Test cricket, Test match debut for the ...

named as his replacement in England's ODI squad. On 30 November 2023,

Shane Dowrich Shane Omari Dowrich (born 30 October 1991) is a Barbadian international cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper. He has featured for the West Indies, Barbados along with CPL teams St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Barbados Tridents in his cricketi ...

announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect, and was withdrawn from the West Indies' ODI squad with no replacement named. For the last two T20Is,

Shimron Hetmyer Shimron Odilon Hetmyer (born 26 December 1996) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He was part of the West Indies' squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2015 he was named as the captain ...

was dropped and

Alzarri Joseph Alzarri Shaheim Joseph (born 20 November 1996) is an Antiguan cricketer who plays for the West Indies in Tests and ODIs. He plays for Leeward Islands and the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in West Indian domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who ...

was rested, with

Johnson Charles Johnson Charles (born 14 January 1989) is a St Lucian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. As a wicketkeeper-batsman, Charles started his ODI career against Australia in March 2012. His first T20I came against England in Septemb ...

and

Oshane Thomas Oshane Romaine Thomas (born 18 February 1997) is a Jamaican cricketer. A fast bowler, he made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in October 2018. In August 2019, Cricket West Indies named him as the Emerging Player of the Y ...

were named their respective replacements in the West Indies' squad.

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

4th T20I

5th T20I

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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