West Indies A and England Lions will face off in five unofficial ODIs starting November 7, Saturday.
After a one-sided T20 series that saw England Lions whitewash West Indies A, the two teams are set to lock horns in five 50-over matches starting Saturday, November 7. Apart from the third match, the rest of the games of this series will be played at Warner Park, Basseterre in St Kitts. The third unofficial ODI will take place at the Conaree Sports Club in St Kitts.
All four matches at Warner Park are day-night affairs and will get underway at 2 pm local time (11:30 pm IST, 6 pm UK time), while the only one-day game at Conaree Sports Club will begin at 9:30 am local time (7 pm IST, 1:30 pm UK time).
Keacy Carty will lead the hosts in the one-day series, who also have the likes of Alick Athanaze, Jewel Andrew, Vitel Lawes, Shamar Springer and Oshane Thomas, who have played for the senior team, in the squad.
As for the Lions, Dan Lawrence has been appointed captain for this series. Rehan Ahmed was impressive in the preceding ‘T2I0’ series, where he finished as the highest run-scorer, amassing 152 runs at a strike rate of 167. He also picked up two wickets with his leg spin.
Thomas Rew, Eddie Jack and James Coles are unavailable for the Lions after the third match as they have been selected in England’s T20I squad against Australia.
