LIVE – England v West Indies – 1st T20 – Toss Report
England have won the toss and chosen to field first in the first T20 match set to being in a few minutes at Kennington Oval, London, where the home side will face the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
The hosts England, who have had a terrific summer this year, will want to finish the season on a high by beating the West Indies in the two-match Twenty20 series. The English are without their T20 skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 in today’s
fixture.
Broad has been ruled out of the series because of a shoulder injury which put spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 in the captain’s boots as he will try to lead his team to another victory in front of home crowd.
Meanwhile, Anderson who was the number one choice for England during the Test and one-day series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 has been kept out of today’s match as he is not a regular choice for the shortest version of the game.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, three players are making their T20 debut which includes JM Bairstow, ST Finn and BA Stokes. While from West Indies NE Bonner, J Charles and DO Christian are making their first appearance.
The West Indies outfit is also a young unit of cricketers aiming to make their name by playing against the reigning T20 Champions as the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 has still failed to make a comeback in the national team.
The pitch is expected to help the bowlers early on, however, later in the night dew may come into play because of cold weather, making it difficult for the bowlers to bowl and because of this fact, the English skipper Swann rightfully decided to bowl first
to put pressure on the tourists early on and give the batsmen a fighting chance by restricting the West Indians on a meagre total.
Here are the squads announced by both sides:
English squad : http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566, Jade Dernbach
West Indies squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fidel-Henderson-Edwards-c57010.
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