England team
The England team will play a white ball series against the West Indies at their home. The first three-match ODI series will be played between the two teams, followed by a T20 series of the same match. The first ODI of the series will be played on 29 May at Edgbaston. England have announced their playing XI for this match. In this series, England will land to play under the leadership of its new captain Harry Brook.
Jamie Smith can open
He has taken many shocking decisions in what England has announced his playing XI. In this match, Jamie Smith can be seen opening with Ben Docket. At number three, who will be seen playing the route. Captain Harry Brook himself will be seen batting at number 4. At the same time, Jacob Bathal, who was part of the RCB team in the IPL, has also been given a place in the playing XI. He can be seen playing at number 5 or number 6 in middle order.
English team will land with only four specialist bowler
Talking about bowling, England have specialist fast bowlers in the form of Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Overton and Bridan Cars for this match. At the same time, Adil Rashid will be seen handling spin bowling. If you look at the playing XI of England carefully, then he has given place to only four specialist bowlers. In such a situation, the role of the fifth bowler can be seen playing Will Jacks, Jacob Bethel and Joe Root.
Two bowlers have already been injured before the series
Even before the series against the West Indies, the English team has got two big shocks. Fast bowlers Jofra Archer and Gas Atkinson have been ruled out of this series due to injuries. Luke Wood was included in the squad instead of Archer. Atkinson’s replacement has not been announced. The first ODI between England and West Indies will be played at Edgbaston on 29 May. After that the second ODI will be in Cardiff on 01 June. The third ODI will be held on June 03 at Kennington Oval.
Also read
The teams are afraid after hearing the name of the eliminator, so far it has been done only once
RCB decided to reach the finals! His old wound for Punjab Kings can be green again
Latest cricket news