England win toss, bowl against West Indies in 1st T20I

Thirty nine of Chris Gayle’s 314 sixes in ODIs came in the recent series against England alone 

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England have won the toss and elected to bowl against West Indies in St Lucia in the first of three T20Is to round off England’s tour of the Caribbean.

England have made several changes, opting to rest stars Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali ahead of the IPL, starting this month, while Jason Roy has returned home for the birth of his first child. Staying in the Caribbean is Mark Wood, who is being rested for this match. David Willey will make his first appearance of the tour and Chris Jordan comes into the side. Also included for England are Sam Billings and Joe Denly. Jonny Bairstow will be wicketkeeper in place of Buttler.

West Indies have brought in Nicholas Pooran and Fabian Allen, leaving out John Campbell and Devendra Bishoo.

West Indies: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Nicholas Pooran, 3 Shai Hope (wk), 4 Darren Bravo, 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Jason Holder (capt), 7 Carlos Brathwaite, 8 Ashley Nurse, 9 Fabian Allen, 10 Sheldon Cottrell, 11 Oshane Thomas

England: 1 Alex Hales, 2 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Joe Denly, 6 Sam Billings, 7 David Willey, 8 Tom Curran, 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 Adil Rashid

Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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