England returning to Trinidad after greater than a decade on West Indies tour

England Men will return to Trinidad for the primary time since 2009 as a part of their limited-overs tour of West Indies on the finish of 2023.

The tour, which consists of three ODIs and 5 T20Is, will run from December 3 to 21, taking England by means of Antigua, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad. Each island will host two matches, beginning with the primary two ODIs on the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

The tour will conclude the week earlier than Christmas with the fourth and fifth T20Is at Trinidad’s Brian Lara Academy. It would be the first matches England have performed on the stadium, having performed all their earlier 28 matches within the nation at Queen’s Park Oval. The final of which was a T20I in March 2009, which West Indies gained by six wickets.

Last yr, a variety of alternates have been drafted in for the ODI sequence in opposition to Australia which got here instantly after their T20 World Cup win. Though there isn’t a Test cricket between then and the tip of the yr as there was in 2022 with a tour of Pakistan, some gamers will probably request day without work forward of a return to India for a five-match Test sequence scheduled to begin in January 2024.

That in flip is more likely to see a repeat of the scenario that arose for the white-ball tour of Bangladesh in March. Beginning a day after the Test sequence in New Zealand completed, calls have been put in to gamers down the pecking order. A quantity have been rebuffed by those that wished to honour extra profitable offers on the Pakistan Super League which was happening on the similar time.

The West Indies tour will conflict with the Big Bash League, and in addition comes simply earlier than the second seasons of the SA20 and ILT20 that are because of start in January. Given the standard demand for English and West Indian expertise, preserving themselves for these competitions for higher remuneration may result in the sequence being a second-XI affair.

Following the Bangladesh tour, males’s managing director Rob Key and ECB chief government Richard Gould vowed to extend match charges to make sure that scenario doesn’t occur once more. Much will depend upon the dimensions of these will increase. At current, these with out central contracts can earn £5,000 and £2,500, respectively, for any ODI and T20I appearances, together with a tour price.

In a press release launched by Cricket West Indies upon the announcement of the tour, CWI’s Chief Executive, Johnny Grave, mentioned: “We are delighted to be able to confirm the England match schedule and to welcome once again their many travelling fans to the region for a pre-Christmas white-ball tour.”

“This tour will be a major economic boost to the host countries, as well as providing our fans with the chance to see some of their favourite players in action against one of our biggest rivals. The tour will also help with our ongoing venue preparation and event planning for one of the biggest events ever to be staged in the region, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which takes place in June next year.”