The Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against England. Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell and Shimron Hetmyer have returned to the T20I lineup.

The T20I series commences with back-to-back matches in Barbados on November 9 and 10 and then both the teams will head to Saint Lucia for the final games on November 14, 16, and 17.

Head Coach Daren Sammy expressed enthusiasm for the highly competitive series.

“The T20 team is our most settled team with lots of experienced players. However, the difficulty will be picking the eleven, as every single player is challenging for a spot in the eleven. As we face a very good England team, I am confident that the selected squad will continue to play a brand of cricket that allows us to win games and this Rivalry series.”

The West Indies T20I Squad for the first two games of the five-game series is as follows: Rovman Powell (Captain), Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Terrance Hinds, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford.

West Indies have beaten England in the ODI series by 2-1 on the back of all-rounder team performance.