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30 days of men’s international cricket scheduled from June 16 to August 21
Cricket West Indies (CWI) today confirmed the full match schedule for the West Indies Senior Men’s team from June 16 to August 21. This will see visits to the region by Bangladesh, India and New Zealand featuring all three formats of cricket.
The list of fixtures features 30 days of men’s international cricket comprising two Tests, nine CG United One-Day Internationals and 11 T20 Internationals at 10 world-class venues. This promises to be a bumper “summer of cricket” for fans across the Caribbean as well as for the West Indies diaspora in the United States of America, when West Indies and India make a return to the Broward County Cricket Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida for two T20Is against India.
Bangladesh will tour the Caribbean from June 16 to July 16 and will face West Indies in two Test matches in Antigua and St Lucia as part of the ICC World Test Championship. The two Tests will be followed by three T20Is and three CG United ODIs in Dominica and Guyana. The first two T20Is will see a return to international cricket at the fully refurbished Windsor Park, where international cricket is being hosted for the first time since the hurricane damage of 2017. The Bangladesh home series will conclude with the third T20I and then three CG United ODIs at the Guyana National Stadium.
India’s white-ball tour will commence on July 22 in Trinidad and Tobago with three CG United ODIs from July 22 to 27 at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, followed by five T20Is in three separate venues. The first T20I on Friday, July 29 will be historic as the first ever Men’s T20I to be played at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in the south of Trinidad. The venue for the back-to-back second and third T20I matches is Warner Park, St Kitts, coinciding with Emancipation Day and Culturama holiday celebrations there. The eight-match India white ball tour concludes with an exciting weekend of back-to-back T20I fixtures at the Broward County Cricket Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida from August 6 and 7.
West Indies’ summer of cricket climaxes with New Zealand’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean, which has been rescheduled from 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic. The BLACKCAPS will arrive in Jamaica to play three T20Is from Wednesday, August 10 to Sunday, August 14 before moving to Barbados for three day/night CG United ODIs. All nine CG United ODIs are part of the ICC ODI Super League with the West Indies aiming to qualify directly for the ICC World Cup in 2023.
“We are delighted to announce the match schedule for the men’s international calendar at home for the rest of the year. We know our supporters will be delighted with the news that the matches are being played all across the region as well as those living in the USA will be able to see their favourite players in action,”
said Johnny Grave, CEO of CWI.
“This is the busiest year of cricket ever in the West Indies. In January we hosted Ireland and England in white ball formats, and also successfully staged the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022, which featured 16 teams traversing the region. We also witnessed the Apex Test Series, against England, which West Indies won in great style and with real fight.” Grave added: “The upcoming summer is expected to feature 30 days of top-quality entertainment for our fans as we look ahead to hosting three teams of differing styles in all three formats, which will sure to whet the appetite. We are mindful that COVID-19 is still present, and we again want to thank the various Governments and other stakeholders who have worked with us to ensure the matches will be played in a safe environment.”
Tickets will go on sale available from Thursday June 3 via the new WINDIES TICKETS service, presented by Mastercard at https://www.windiescricket.com/tickets/. The Test matches against Bangladesh will be on sale initially with the white ball matches against Bangladesh, India and New Zealand being added in coming weeks. Tickets are available from just US$6.00 for the Test matches against Bangladesh and from US$10 for matches against New Zealand with a range of options from grounds admission to premium seats.
For the games against India in the Caribbean, tickets will start from US$20 for grounds admission. Ticket categories and prices for the games in Florida will be announced later in June. In addition to being able to choose and pay for your seats in advance, the service allows fans to save their purchased tickets to their device for ticket scanning at the venue, avoiding the need for queues and travel to the box offices. Fans registered for the WI Insider fanmail and on the WINDIES TICKETS service will receive promotional discounts across the games in the Caribbean.
FULL SCHEDULES OF MATCHES
Bangladesh tour of West Indies
June 16-20: 1st Test – Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua. Local start time 10am/9am Jamaica time
June 24-28: 2nd Test – Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St Lucia. Local start time 10am/9am Jamaica time
July 2: 1st T20I – Windsor Park, Dominica. Local start time 1:30pm/12:30pm Jamaica time
July 3: 2nd T20I – Windsor Park, Dominica Local start time 1:30pm/12:30pm Jamaica time
July 7: 3rd T20I – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana, Local start time 1:30pm/12:30pm Jamaica time
July 10: 1st CG United ODI – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana. Local start time 9:30am/8:30am Jamaica time
July 13: 2nd CG United ODI – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana. Local start time 9:30am/8:30am Jamaica time
July 16: 3rd CG United ODI – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana. Local start time 9:30am/8:30am Jamaica time
India tour of West Indies
July 22: 1st CG United ODI – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad. Local start time 9:30am/8:30am Jamaica time
July 24: 2nd CG United ODI – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad. Local start time 9:30am/8:30am Jamaica time
July 27: 3rd CG United ODI – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad. Local start time 9:30am/8:30am Jamaica time
July 29: 1st T20I – Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad. Local start time 10:30am/9:30am Jamaica time
August 1: 2nd T20I – Warner Park, St Kitts. Local start time 10:30am/9:30am Jamaica time
August 2: 3rd T20I – Warner Park, St Kitts. Local start time 10:30am/9:30am Jamaica time
August 6: 4th T20I – Broward County Cricket Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida, USA. Local start time 10:30am/9:30am Jamaica time
August 7: 5th T20I – Broward County Cricket Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida, USA. Local start time 10:30am/9:30am Jamaica time
New Zealand tour of West Indies
August 10: 1st T20I – Sabina Park, Jamaica. Provisional local start time 1:30pm/2:30pm Eastern Caribbean time.
August 12: 2nd T20I – Sabina Park, Jamaica. Provisional local start time 1:30pm/2:30pm Eastern Caribbean time.
August 14: 3rd T20I – Sabina Park, Jamaica. Provisional local start time 1:30pm/2:30pm Eastern Caribbean time.
August 17: 1st CG United ODI – Kensington Oval, Barbados. Local start time 2pm/1pm Jamaica time.
August 19: 2nd CG United ODI – Kensington Oval, Barbados. Local start time 2pm/1pm Jamaica time.
August 21: 3rd CG United ODI – Kensington Oval, Barbados. Local start time 2pm/1pm Jamaica time.
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) governs cricket across the West Indies, a confederation of Caribbean countries. Originally established as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control in the 1920s, it became the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in 1996 and was rebranded as Cricket West Indies in May 2017 as part of a restructuring effort.
