The
West Indies women's cricket team
The West Indies women's cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a combined team of players from various countries in the Caribbean that competes in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), a ...
toured England to play the
England women's cricket team
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in September 2020. The tour consisted of five
Women's Twenty20 International
Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...
(WT20I) matches. The
England and Wales Cricket Board
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(ECB) confirmed the fixtures, after the
planned tour by the South African women's team was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. All of the matches were played
behind closed doors at the
County Cricket Ground in
Derby
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.
The last time the two teams played a match was against each other in the
2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
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on 1 March 2020. England won the match by 46 runs. The tour was the first women's bilateral series to use the
Decision Review System
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(DRS) in all the matches. The third match of the series, on 26 September 2020, was shown free-to-air on the
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. It was the first time a women's cricket match was shown live on the BBC in the United Kingdom since the
named their squad for the tour. The West Indies team left
on 30 August 2020, and arrived in England the following day. England won the first two matches by the same margin of 47 runs. They then won the third match by 20 runs, to take an unassailable lead in the series. England won the final two matches to take the series 5–0, the first time the England Women's cricket team had won a bilateral series 5–0.
were named as standby players for the England team.