Cricket
West
Indies
(CWI)
confirmed
its
home
international
schedule
for
the
new
year,
with
Chris
Silverwood’s
tourists
set
to
play
all
five
of
their
T20Is
within
a
nine-day
period
between
January
22
and
January
30,
2022.

After
the
Windies’ white-ball
tour
of
India
in
February
2022,
Joe
Root’s
red-ball
outfit
will
visit
to
compete
for
the
newly
created
Richards-Botham
Trophy
in
honour
of
two
great
friends,
Vivian
Richards
and
Ian
Botham.

Root’s
side
begin
with
a
four-day
warm-up
game
at
the
Coolidge
Ground
in
Antigua,
before
contesting
for
the
new
honours
after
the
Wisden
Trophy
was
retired
in
2020
following
England’s
2-1
series
win.

The
Test
series
will
start
at
the
Sir
Vivian
Richards
Cricket
Ground
in
Antigua
on
March
8,
with
Barbados
set
to
host
the
second
Test
at
the
Kensington
Oval
eight
days
later.

Grenada’s
National
Cricket
Stadium
will
then
host
the
final
of
the
three-match
Test
series,
with
play
due
to
commence
on
March
16.

The
Windies
were
victors
in
their
last
such
home
series
against
the
visitors,
securing
a
memorable
2-1
win
over
England
–
the
highlight
being
a
crushing
381-run
victory
in
the
opening
Test
at
the
Kensington
Oval.

England’s
travelling
fans
are
also
welcomed
by
CWI,
which
extended
an
invitation
to
“fully
vaccinated”
tourists
throughout
the
entirety
of
the
limited-overs
and
Test
series.