West Indies earned a 3-0 whitewash over Ireland in their ODI series and will now look to carry those efforts into the T20 series against the same side on Wednesday at the Grenada National Cricket Stadium in St George’s.
Nicholas Pooran
The hosts have only won one of their last seven T20 series’ with India proving too good for them in their most recent series and they will be eager to get back to winning ways as they build towards the T20 World Cup.
Dwayne Bravo has returned to the fold for the Windies after coming out of T20I retirement and could make his first appearance since 2016 if selected, but he will not line-up alongside Jason Holder who is rested while Fabian Allen and Keemo Paul are out with injuries.
The Irish have named a mixture of youth and experience in their squad for this series with the likes of Boyd Rankin, Kevin O’Brien and Paul Stirling likely to be key to their side’s chances.
Evin Lewis
Ireland suffered defeat in the ODI series but they have by no means embarrassed themselves and will take plenty of positives into this T20 series.
Josh Little will get another chance to impress and he is joined in the squad by fellow youngster Harry Tector who will hope to get another chance batting in the middle of the order.
The hosts played well in patches across the three games with Evin Lewis leading with the bat, but failed to really dominate in any of those contests.
Ireland have a solid foundation to build on from those matches and although they will make a few changes to their line-up, the core of the side will remain the same.
However, they are likely to fall short in this opening game with West Indies currently possessing too much power with the bat and more quality with the ball.
Windies full squad reads, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Khary Pierre, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Lendl Simmons, Hayden Walsh Jr and Kesrick Williams.
Ireland T20 squad: Andrew Balbirnie (Captain), Mark Adair, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O’Brien, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Gary Wilson, Craig Young.
The match is scheduled to commence at 13:00 hrs.
