Toss England win toss, bowl vs West Indies
England have gained the toss and chosen to subject within the first of 5 T20Is towards West Indies.
With play set to get underway in shiny sunshine after heavy in a single day rain in Barbados, England are in search of to beat a 2-1 ODI sequence loss to the hosts as they embark on their remaining white-ball marketing campaign of the yr.
Buttler was listed to bat at No.3 whereas relinquishing the wicketkeeping gloves to Phil Salt. Jofra Archer is out of the aspect after taking part in three ODIs in a row, with Jamie Overton, Saqib Mahmood and Reece Topley comprising England’s seam-bowling assault.
“Trying ahead to it,” Buttler mentioned of captaining from the sphere versus behind the stumps. “A unique view level, one other factor taken off my plate so I can deal with the captaincy and the crew.”
Rovman Powell, their captain, mentioned on the toss: “It is a case of whether or not you bat or bowl first, you have to do it properly. In years passed by we have been simply trying to compete as a West Indies crew, now we’re trying to beat sides in bilateral sequence.”
England: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Will Jacks, 3 Jos Buttler (capt), 4 Liam Livingstone, 5 Jacob Bethell, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Dan Mousley, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Saqib Mahmood, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Reece Topley
West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 4 Shimron Hetmyer, 5 Rovman Powell (capt), 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Andre Russell, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Gudakesh Motie, 11 Shamar Joseph
