Toss West Indies selected to bowl vs England
Shai Hope selected to bowl after successful the toss at Kensington Oval, with West Indies and England each eyeing a uncommon ODI sequence win within the deciding third match. The perimeters made two adjustments apiece, with West Indies bringing in Romario Shepherd and Alzarri Joseph for Jayden Seales and Shamar Joseph.
“We’re unsure what we will get,” Hope stated of the enjoying floor at his dwelling floor. “Acquired to evaluate the situations as a bowling group and put them beneath strain.”
For England, Reece Topley and Jamie Overton changed John Turner and Saqib Mahmood. Overton has been enjoying as a specialist batter since coming back from a again stress fracture however was seen marking out his run-up earlier than the toss.
Liam Livingstone, England’s captain, stated he would have opted to bowl, too. “We’ll see what the pitch has to supply, hopefully it will get slower because the day goes on,” he stated.
West Indies took a 1-0 lead after sweeping to victory in a rain-affected first ODI in Antigua, earlier than England chased down 329 on the similar floor two days later.
Neither facet has performed a lot bilateral ODI cricket within the final 12 months. West Indies beat England 2-1 once they toured in December, however sequence losses in Australia and Sri Lanka have restricted their makes an attempt to climb the rankings in pursuit of computerized qualification for the 2027 World Cup.
England’s final sequence win, in the meantime, got here in opposition to Eire in September 2023.
West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Keacy Carty, 4 Shai Hope (capt & wk), 5 Sherfane Rutherford, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Roston Chase, 8 Romario Shepherd, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Gudakesh Motie, 11 Matthew Forde
England: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Will Jacks, 3 Jordan Cox, 4 Jacob Bethell, 5 Liam Livingstone (capt), 6 Dan Mousley, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Reece Topley
