England vs West Indies, ODI and T20 tour: Full schedule and fixtures

England’s disastrous World Cup campaign is finally over, but Matthew Mott’s men will have another test of their white-ball credentials as they travel to the West Indies for a limited-overs tour. 

The West Indies did not qualify for this year’s World Cup, but this gives England a chance to bounce back after crashing out of the tournament with one win in their first six games. 

England will take on the home side in three one-day internationals and then five Twenty20 internationals over the course of three weeks in December. 

It will be the first time England have played the West Indies in ODIs in more than four years. 

When is it?

England’s limited-overs tour of the West Indies runs from Sunday December 3 until Thursday December 21. There are no warm-up games so England go straight into the action against the hosts. 

What is the full fixture list and schedule?

ODI series

All games start at 2pm GMT

1st ODI, December 3 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua 
2nd ODI, December 6 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua 
3rd ODI, December 9 at Kensington Oval, Barbados

T20 series

All games day/night matches and start at 8pm GMT

1st T20I: December 12 at Kensington Oval, Barbados
2nd T20I: December 14 at National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
3rd T20I: December 16 at National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
4th T20I: December 19 at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago
5th T20I: December 21 at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago

What are the most recent results between the two teams?

It is a long time since the two sides faced each other in a one-day international, but in both formats the results are mixed with it 2-2 in ODIs and 3-2 to the West Indies in T20Is. 

ODIs

February 22, 2019: West Indies won by 26 runs
February 27, 2019: England won by 29 runs
March 2, 2019: West Indies win by seven wickets
June 14, 2019: England win by eight wickets

T20Is

January 22, 2022: West Indies won by nine wickets
January 23, 2022: England won by one run
January 26, 2022: West Indies won by 20 runs
January 29, 2022: England won by 34 runs
January 30, 2022: West Indies won by 17 runs

How do I watch on TV? 

England’s tour of the Caribbean will be shown by TNT Sports. The company, which bought BT Sport earlier this year, continues to hold rights for matches played in West Indies and Australia. The matches can also be streamed live on Discovery + for a subscription of £29.99 per month. 

What is the latest news?

Jos Buttler has been confirmed as captain of both ODI and T20 squads for the twin series after England’s managing director of the men’s teams insisted the blame for their dismal performance at the World Cup was entirely his. “I made the mistake of thinking that actually it will be all right when we get there and that’s not been the case,” he said. “We made the assumption that even without playing lots of 50-over cricket, that this is such a good team that it will just slip into old habits and we’ll be able to go out there and win.”

Announcing the squads for both legs of the tour, Key also exonerated the head coach Matthew Mott and backed the T20 World Cup winner to defend that title in the Caribbean and United States next summer. “It’s very hard for me to be critical of Jos Buttler and Matthew Mott when I’m the one who every single time the decision has been made for whether or not we focus on 50-over cricket, Test cricket or T20, I’ve always chosen Test cricket,” he said. So I hold myself accountable more than anyone else for what’s gone wrong on this.” 

Those involved in this World Cup and the five-Test series in India starting in January, such as Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Mark Wood and Ben Stokes, were all rested but some mainstays of Brendon McCullum’s red-ball side, who will tour India in the new year, now get the chance to stake their claims to become regular multi-format internationals. 

Matthew Potts has been called into the squad after Josh Tongue was ruled out by an injury sustained during the England Lions camp in the United Arab Emirates. 

The injury is a huge blow to Tongue who had impressed during his two Test appearances this summer taking five for 66 in the second innings of England’s 10-wicket win against Ireland – the fast bowler had been anticipating a white-ball debut across the formats.

ODI squad  

Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Zak Crawley (Surrey), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Notts), Tom Hartley (Lancashire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Phil Salt (Lancashire), John Turner (Hampshire).

T20I squad  

Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Notts), Will Jacks (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Tymal Mills (Sussex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Reece Topley (Surrey), John Turner (Hampshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).