BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - INTERNATINAL cricket will return to the Warner Park Stadium in January when Ireland’s men team visit the Caribbean for a limited over series.
Fixtures for the series were released today (Sept. 30) and St. Kitts and Nevis will be hosting two T20 International matches.
The series, Colonial Medical Insurance One Day Internationals and T20 Internationals, comprises three matches of each format of the game, which will start on January 7, 2020 in Barbados, followed by Grenada and St. Kitts.
This will be the first time Ireland will play against the West Indies in a full three-match series in both ODI and T20.
The Colonial Medical Insurance ODIs starts with two day/night games in January on Tuesday 7 and Thursday 9 at Kensington Oval, Barbados, before concluding with a day game at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Sunday, January 12.
Grenada will host the first T20I on Wednesday, January 12 before both teams fly to St. Kitts with back-to-back day/night T20Is that will conclude the series on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19.
CWI Commercial Director Dominic Warne said it is going to be a great start to the New Year to welcome Ireland and their fans to the West Indies for the six-match Series.
“It will be an exciting contest on the pitch as the West Indies play at home for the first time in five months. Off the pitch, we know that two of the most colourful and noisy sets of fans in world cricket will come together to create a great atmosphere for both the Colonial Medical Insurance One Day Series followed by the T20I Series,” added Warne.
West Indies won the only ODI that the two sides contested in 2010 at Sabina Park in Jamaica.
In February 2014, both teams returned to play in Jamaica, where West Indies won the sole ODI played whilst the two-match T20 Series were drawn.
The most recent ODI encounter in May 2019 featured a world record opening partnership of 365 from openers John Campbell and Shai Hope, who both scored centuries in a resounding win for the West Indies.
All told, West Indies have won seven of the nine ODIs and two of the four T20Is the two sides have contested since Ireland’s elevation to the international stage.
Ireland announced themselves on the world stage on their first visit to the West Indies at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup with their famous group stage win over Pakistan at Sabina Park.
Listed below is the Series schedule:
Sat, Jan 4 Warm-up match Three Ws Oval, Barbados TBC
Tue, Jan 7 1st Colonial Medical Insurance ODI Kensington Oval, Barbados 1pm (day/night)
Thu, Jan 9 2nd Colonial Medical Insurance ODI Kensington Oval, Barbados 1pm (day/night)
Sun, Jan 12 3rd Colonial Medical Insurance ODI National Cricket Stadium, Grenada 9:30am
Wed, Jan 15 1st T20 International National Cricket Stadium, Grenada 1pm
Sat, Jan 18 2nd T20 International Warner Park, St. Kitts 6pm
Sun, Jan 19 3rd T20 International Warner Park, St. Kitts 6pm
