England will be kicking off their Caribbean tour as they go up against West Indies in the first ODI at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua. The ODI will be starting at 19:00 IST. The live telecast of the game in India can be watched on Ten 3 and Ten 1 HD. There will be no live streaming of the match. The live streaming of the match will be available on Watch Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, whereas live telecast Sky Sports 2/HD.
This can be considered as a dress rehearsal of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 for England which will be held in June. As far as West Indies are concerned they would not be featuring in Champions Trophy as they could not qualify for the event. However, they will be looking to book a berth in the list of eight teams who will qualify for ICC World Cup 2019.
.@benstokes38 making catching look easy… pic.twitter.com/AR0z03lqL1
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) March 3, 2017
Skipper Eoin Morgan might try and use this bilateral series as an opportunity to check their bench strength. They have had a forgettable ODI series against India as they lost it by 2-1.
Windies v England 1st ODI
930am TODAY
Sir Viv Richards Ground
Antigua#WEvTHEM #WIvENG #RALLYhttps://t.co/RET8xTQxa4 pic.twitter.com/OPD28dRAxc— westindies (@westindies) March 3, 2017
West Indies will be playing their first ODI in 2017, they have not had a real challenge in a while as the last ODI they played was against Zimbabwe.
“The emphasis here is getting two in men at the crease”@Eoin16 on the conditions he expects for the first ODI:https://t.co/D9ByOeCVBZ pic.twitter.com/e03u2g5oNy
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) March 3, 2017
They will be playing against each other after a long period of time. The last time these two played in an international fixture was in World Cup T20 final which West Indies clinched in the last over. England will look for redemption as they go up against the Caribbeans.
Ready…Set…after a solid preparation our boys are all set to start the 1st ODI today. We wish the all the very best #WIvENG #WEvTHEM pic.twitter.com/8JdwqaIRbW
— westindies (@westindies) March 3, 2017
Squads:
West Indies: Shai Hope (wk), Jason Holder (c), Evin Lewis, Kraigg Brathwaite, Jonathan Carter, Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Shannon Gabriel, Alzarri Joseph, Jason Mohammed, Kieran Powell
England: Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Jake Ball, Adil Rashid, Liam Dawson, Steven Finn, Tom Curran
