The England Men’s team’s tour of West Indies in 2022 has been confirmed and Cricket West Indies has released the schedule of the tour which will take place in two legs, where the teams will play in a first-ever five-match T20I series in January. The West Indies will then tour India in February as England return back home.
All the T20Is will take place in Barbados and will be played across a nine-day period from January 22 to 30, 2022.
The Richards-Botham Trophy, the new nomenclature for England’s tour to West Indies in terms of Tests, will begin from March 8 and fittingly so at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (SVRS) in Antigua. The caravan will then move to Kensington Oval in Barbados for the 2nd Test starting on March 16, before finally ending with the 3rd Test at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada.
Johnny Grave, CEO of CWI was ecstatic with the announcement and hoped that the new series will go on to add to the legacy of cricket the two teams have created over the years.
“A West Indies vs England home Test Series is the biggest sporting and sports tourism event in the Caribbean. Dating back to 1930 when the first England team visited, these fixtures are steeped in history and a new chapter in this great rivalry will be written, this time with the prize of the new Richards-Botham Trophy,” Grave was quoted as saying on West Indies’ official website.
“Celebrating these two heroes of cricket and lifelong friends with the new trophy, staging world-class cricket and hosting thousands of England fans will be a welcome boost for cricket and for the whole region,” he added.
West Indies vs England: T20I series schedule
West Indies v England T20I Series, all played at the Kensington Oval, Barbados
Saturday, January 22 – 1st T20I West Indies v England
Sunday, January 23 – 2nd T20I West Indies v England
Wednesday, January 26 – 3rd T20I West Indies v England
Saturday, January 29 – 4th T20I West Indies v England
Sunday, January 30 – 5th T20I West Indies v England
West Indies v England Test Series
March 1-4 – Four-day warm-up match at Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua
March 8-12 – 1st Test Match West Indies v England at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
March 16-20 – 2nd Test Match West Indies v England at Kensington Oval, Barbados
March 24-28 – 3rd Test Match West Indies v England at National Cricket Stadium, Grenada