West Indies A will host England Lions in a multi-format series starting on November 1. England Lions are scheduled to play three unofficial T20Is and five unofficial ODIs on their tour of the West Indies, which runs until November 16.
All three T20Is will be played at Conaree Sports Club in St Kitts, which will also host the third ODI. The other four unofficial ODIs will be played at Warner Park, with the series opener on November 7.
Squad leaders and key players
Alick Athanaze and Keacy Carty will lead the West Indies A T20I and ODI squads, respectively. Athanaze will have capped players in Jewel Andrew, Vitel Lawes, Quentin Sampson, and Kamil Pooran for support. The ODI side will feature Kevlon Anderson, Jediah Blades, Kirk McKenzie, and Oshane Thomas, alongside Carty, Athanaze, Lawes, and Andrew. The series is important for the West Indies, with the World Cup qualifiers coming up in February.
Thomas Rew will lead England Lions in the T20Is, while Dan Lawrence will captain them in the ODIs. Rehan Ahmed has been included in both squads after losing his spot in the England senior men’s side. The team also includes six other players with ECB contracts: Ben McKinney, Eddie Jack, Liam Patterson-White, Mason Crane, James Coles, and Sam Cook.
Full schedule and venues
All three T20Is and the first four ODIs start at 2pm local time, which is 11:30pm IST or 6pm UK time. The third ODI is a day game and begins at 9:30am local time, which is 7pm IST or 1:30pm UK time.
West Indies A T20I squad
Alick Athanaze (c), Jewel Andrew, Zachary Carter, Shadrack Descarte, Keon Gaston, Karima Gore, Joshua James, Vitel Lawes, Zishan Motara, Jakeem Pollard, Kamil Pooran, Quentin Sampson, Stewart Thompson.
West Indies A ODI squad
Keacy Carty (c), Kevlon Anderson, Jewel Andrew, Alick Athanaze, Jediah Blades, Rivaldo Clarke, Shadrack Descarte, Jyd Goolie, Vitel Lawes, Kirk McKenzie, Micah McKenzie, Shaqkere Parris, Jakeem Pollard, Shamar Springer, Oshane Thomas.
England Lions T20I squad
Thomas Rew (c), Rehan Ahmed, Scott Currie, Adam Finch, Calvin Harrison, Jack Haynes, Eddie Jack, Ben Mayes, Ben McKinney, Liam Patterson-White, James Rew, Naavya Sharma, Ekansh Singh, Asa Tribe.
England Lions ODI squad
Dan Lawrence (c), Rehan Ahmed, James Coles*, Sam Cook, Mason Crane, Adam Finch, Jack Haynes, Eddie Jack*, Ben Kellaway, Ben Mayes, Ben McKinney, Liam Patterson-White, James Rew, Thomas Rew*, Naavya Sharma, Ekansh Singh, Asa Tribe.
*Players will leave after the third ODI.