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Posted: Wednesday 28 October, 2020 at 10:20 PM

Windies depart for New Zealand Tour

By: Staff Reporter, SKNVibes.com

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - A confident squad of West Indian players have departed the Caribbean for their one-month tour in New Zealand.

     

    The members of the West Indies-based squad departed Barbados last evening (Oct. 27) to battle against their New Zealand counterparts.

     

    According to Cricket West Indies, all the squad members completed their COVID-19 tests and were given a clean bill of health to travel.

     

    When the team arrives in Christchurch, their base, every member will be quarantined before commencing training and warm-up matches.
     
    Cricket West Indies selectors announced two squads for theT20 International (T20I) and the Test series.

     

    Johnny Grave, CEO of CWI, commented on the squads and their plans for the series.
     
    “As the players and support staff depart on the journey to New Zealand, we wish them the very best – this is a very important tour for us as we build towards defending our ICC T20 World Cup title and also complete another series in the ICC World Test Championship. Fans all around the world have been missing their favourite sports, so we want to continue to play our part to bring joy and smiles to the faces of those who support and enjoy our cricket,” Grave said.

     

    He added: “This itinerary and schedule took a lot of detailed planning and we want to thank everyone who played a part in putting it together. In the present COVID-19 environment everything requires great attention to detail. Our medical and logistics teams here have been working very closely with their counterparts in New Zealand to ensure everyone would be in a safe environment which is also conducive to exciting and entertaining cricket on the field.”

     

    CWI noted that the T20I Series would start with the defending World Cup champions facing the Black Caps at Eden Park in Auckland for a match under lights. 

     

    The series then move to Mount Maunganui for two matches at the picturesque Bay Oval – the first a day match and the second under lights. West Indies will then travel to Hamilton for the first Test at Seddon Park and then south to Wellington for the second match at the historic Basin Reserve.

     

    The T20Is will be the start of an 11-month schedule of matches building up to the ICC T20 World Cup, rescheduled for October 2021 in India. 

     

    The opening contest at Eden Park will have added significance as this is the venue where the two teams met in their first T20I contest back in 2006. That match ended in a tie which forced a dramatic bowl-off, won by the home side. 

     

    Three years later the teams met again at the same venue and played to another tie which was decided by the first-ever T20I Super Over, won by the West Indies.

     

    FULL SQUADS

     

    T20I Squad: Kieron Pollard (captain), Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Fletcher, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Rovman Powell, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh Jr. and Kesrick Williams.

     

    Test Squad: Jason Holder (captain), Jermaine Blackwood, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Shimron Hetmyer, Chemar Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo Paul and Kemar Roach.

     

    Test Reserves: Nkrumah Bonner, Joshua DaSilva, Preston McSween, Shayne Moseley, Raymon Reifer and Jayden Seales.

     

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