Alzarri Joseph came in for the injured Shannon Gabriel © WICB
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first in the third match of the ODI series against England in Barbados. England lead the two-match series 2-0 after victories in both the games in Antigua.
The England team had one change. Alex Hales, as expected, came into the side for Sam Billings having recovered from a hand injury that ruled him out of selection for the original tour party. Hales joined up with the squad in Antigua and was cleared for a return a couple of days ago.
Liam Plunkett recovered from the sickness that kept him out of training on Wednesday, so there was no recall for Jake Ball and no debut for Tom Curran.
West Indies also made one change. Alzarri Joseph, 20, came in for the injured Shannon Gabriel, while Carlos Brathwaite kept his place ahead of Rovman Powell.
While the series has been decided, West Indies are anxious to pick-up ranking points to help them qualify for the 2019 Word Cup. As things stand they are placed at No. 9 in the ICC rankings. Only the top eight as of the end of September 2017 qualify automatically.
West Indies: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Kieran Powell, 4 Shai Hope (wk), 5 Jason Mohammed, 6 Jonathan Carter, 7 Jason Holder (capt), 8 Carlos Brathwaite, 9 Devendra Bishoo, 10 Ashley Nurse, 11 Alzarri Joseph.
England: 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Jos Buttler (wk), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Liam Plunkett, 11 Steven Finn.
George Dobell is a senior correspondent at ESPNcricinfo. He will be covering England’s tour of the Caribbean in association with Smile Group Travel, specialists in hosted supporters’ packages.
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