Shake England win draw, bowl vs West Indies
England won the toss and elected to take part in the first of five T20Is against the West Indies.
With play set to begin in bright sunshine after heavy overnight rain in Barbados, England look to overcome a 2-1 ODI series loss to the hosts as they embark on their final white-ball campaign of the year.
Buttler was listed to bat at number 3 as he handed over the wicket gloves to Phil Salt. Jofra Archer is out of the team after playing three ODIs in a row, with Jamie Overton, Saqib Mahmood and Reece Topley understanding England’s bowling attack.
“I’m looking forward to it,” Buttler said of captaining from the field rather than behind the stumps. “A different point of view, another thing I got rid of so I could focus on the captaincy and the team.”
Rovman Powell, their captain, said at the toss: “It’s about whether you bat or bowl first, you have to do well. In years past we were just looking to compete as a West Indies team, now we are looking to beat teams in bilateral series”.
England: 1 Phil Salt (week), 2 Will Jacks, 3 Jos Buttler (captain), 4 Liam Livingstone, 5 Jacob Bethell, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Dan Mousley, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Saqib Mahmood, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Reece Topley
West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 4 Shimron Hetmyer, 5 Rovman Powell (captain), 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Andre Russell, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Gudakesh Motie, 11 Shamar Joseph
