Toss England win toss, bowl vs West Indies
England have received the toss and chosen to area within the first of 5 T20Is in opposition to West Indies.
With play set to get underway in brilliant sunshine after heavy in a single day rain in Barbados, England are looking for to beat a 2-1 ODI collection loss to the hosts as they embark on their ultimate white-ball marketing campaign of the 12 months.
Buttler was listed to bat at No.3 whereas relinquishing the wicketkeeping gloves to Phil Salt. Jofra Archer is out of the aspect after taking part in three ODIs in a row, with Jamie Overton, Saqib Mahmood and Reece Topley comprising England’s seam-bowling assault.
“Wanting ahead to it,” Buttler mentioned of captaining from the sector versus behind the stumps. “A distinct view level, one other factor taken off my plate so I can concentrate on the captaincy and the crew.”
Rovman Powell, their captain, mentioned on the toss: “It is a case of whether or not you bat or bowl first, you have to do it properly. In years passed by we had been simply trying to compete as a West Indies crew, now we’re trying to beat sides in bilateral collection.”
England: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Will Jacks, 3 Jos Buttler (capt), 4 Liam Livingstone, 5 Jacob Bethell, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Dan Mousley, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Saqib Mahmood, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Reece Topley
West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 4 Shimron Hetmyer, 5 Rovman Powell (capt), 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Andre Russell, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Gudakesh Motie, 11 Shamar Joseph
