Hetmyer, Russell Return As West Indies Announce 18-Member T20I Squad For Home Series 2021

The Cricket West Indies (CWI), on Tuesday announces 18-man squad ahead of the three back-to-back five-match T20 International (T20I) Series against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan.

As the West Indies continue their preparations for the ICC T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in India in October-November 2021, the enlarged squad retains the mix of seasoned players and exciting young talent.

Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, and Hayden Walsh Jr. are among the players who retained their places from the 2-1 T20I Series victory over Sri Lanka in March.

The provisional squad will quarantine and practise in St. Lucia before facing South Africa in the first T20I series on June 26 at the Grenada National Cricket Stadium. Following that, the official squad will be chosen and revealed ahead of each Series.

CWI’s Lead Selector, Roger Harper, explained the reason behind choosing this squad:

“The Provisional T20I Squad was put together with all T20I Home Series Matches against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan in mind. This gives us the opportunity to continue to build towards the upcoming World Cup and to determine our best squad and our ideal eleven.

West Indies T20I Squad For Home Series:

Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Fidel Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Andre Russell, Lindl Simmons, Kevin Sinclair, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh Jr.

T20I MATCH SCHEDULE:

West Indies vs South Africa

June 26: 1st T20I, Grenada National Cricket Stadium
June 27: 2nd T20I, Grenada National Cricket Stadium
June 29: 3rd T20I, Grenada National Cricket Stadium
July 1: 4th T20I, Grenada National Cricket Stadium
July 3: 5th T20I, Grenada National Cricket Stadium

West Indies vs Australia

July 9: 1st T20I, Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
July 10: 2nd T20I, Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
July 12: 3rd T20I, Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
July 14: 4th T20I, Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
July 16: 5th T20I, Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St. Lucia

West Indies vs Pakistan

July 27: 1st T20I, Kensington Oval, Barbados
July 28: 2nd T20I, Kensington Oval, Barbados
July 31: 3rd T20I, Guyana National Stadium
August 1: 4th T20I, Guyana National Stadium
August 3: 5th T20I, Guyana National Stadium