England will tour the West Indies for 5 Twenty20 Internationals and 3 Test matches in 2022. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed officially. It would be Three lions first-ever five-match T20I series versus the West Indies, and it would be exciting to watch how it plays out. With the ICC World Test Championship currently ongoing, the Test series seems to be of great importance. Here is England Tour Of Windies Schedule For 2022.
All 5 Twenty20 International matches will be played in Barbados during a 9-day period from January 22 to 30. Despite England and the West Indies are 2 of the best T20 teams in the world, the series promises to be plenty of thrilling action between the bat and the ball. Importantly, after the T20I series with England, the West Indies will tour India.
England Tour Of Windies Schedule For 2022
As a result, the Test series will be held in March, when the Windies team returns home. The Richards-Botham Trophy will be awarded to the winner of the series.
“Following West Indies’ white-ball tour of India in February 2022, the West Indies will welcome England back to the region for a three-match Test Series to compete for the newly created Richards-Botham Trophy. This new trophy honors two legends of cricket, Lord Ian Botham and Sir Vivian Richards, whose friendship and on-field heroics became synonymous with some of their respective teams greatest Test match moments,” the ECB said in an official statement.
The Test Series will stage, at Antigua’s Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground (SVRCG) on 08 March 2022. The battle will next shift to Barbados’ Kensington Oval and finally to Grenada’s National Cricket Stadium.
England’s 2022 Tour of West Indies Schedule
T20I – West Indies v England
Venue: Kensington Oval, Barbados
January 22, Saturday – 1st T20I
January 23, Sunday – 2nd T20I
January 26, Wednesday – 3rd T20I
January 29, Saturday – 4th T20I
January 30, Sunday – 5th T20I
Test – Match West Indies v England
March 8-12 – 1st Test Match at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua
March 16-20 – 2nd Test Match at Kensington Oval, Barbados
March 24-28 – 3rd Test Match at National Cricket Stadium, Grenada.
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