WI vs ENG 2024/25, WI vs ENG 5th T20I match report, Nov 17, 2024

Shake England chose to bowl vs. West Indies

England won the toss and elected to take part in the fifth and final T20I of their tour of the West Indies in Saint Lucia.

The hosts will be looking to repeat their consolation victory from less than 24 hours ago at the same venue, while England, who already sealed the series by winning the first three games, want to make it 4-1. The signs are good for England as every match in this series so far has been won by the team that called correctly in the toss.

The tourist made two changes with Jofra Archer replacing Saqib Mahmood and Adil Rashid replacing Dan Mousley.

“We are up against a great opponent,” said England captain Jos Buttler. “We had a fantastic game yesterday, a high-scoring game. We did a pretty good job. A couple of really big overs, which you want to try to limit, but chasing a big score, the West Indies were always going to play that.” shape.”

The West Indies have made one change with Romario Shepherd returning from the groin problem that kept him out of the previous match at the expense of Obed McCoy.

Rovman Powell, their captain, said during the toss: “It’s about us still following the same model as yesterday. If you have to bat first, you have to bat very well. It’s an opportunity for us.” “.

The game was scheduled to begin under overcast skies on the same pitch that produced 32 sixes on Saturday.

England: 1 Phil Salt (week), 2 Will Jacks, 3 Jos Buttler (captain), 4 Jacob Bethell, 5 Liam Livingstone, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Jamie Overton, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Rehan Ahmed, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 John Turner

West Indies: 1 Shai Hope, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 4 Rovman Powell (captain), 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Roston Chase, 9 Gudakesh Motie, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Akeal Hosein