After the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup, West Indies are set to embark on a red-ball tour of England in July in their first visit to the country since 2020. On that occasion, the tourists lost the Test series 2-1 despite winning the opening match in Southampton.
This time around, Lord’s will host the first Test of the series starting on July 10. The second Test, starting on July 18, will be at Trent Bridge in Nottingham before the teams travel to Edgbaston in Birmingham for the final Test scheduled from July 26-30.
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West Indies and England have both announced their squads for the series.
ENG vs WI Tests 2024/25 squad: Full team lists for England vs West Indies Tests 2024/25
England Test squad
Batters: Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Joe Root.
Wicketkeepers: Jamie Smith.
All-rounders: Ben Stokes (c), Chris Woakes.
Bolwers: James Anderson (first Test only), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Dillon Pennington, Matthew Potts.
West Indies Test squad
Batters: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tevin Imlach, Mikyle Louis, Zachary McCaskie, Kirk McKenzie.
Wicketkeepers: Joshua da Silva.
All-rounders: Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Jason Holder.
Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph (vc), Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Jeremiah Louis, Jayden Seales, Kevin Sinclair.
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