Why Englands 2015 West Indies tour will miss some Caribbean spirit
An email landed on Monday, from the England and Wales Cricket Board, announcing the dates and venues for the next Test matches England will play once this series with India, and the pathetic peripheral posturing, is done and dusted. Immediately after next Easter, West Indies will host England first in Antigua, then, for the first time, the spice island, Grenada, and finally Barbados, with a couple of short warm-up matches on St Kitts preceding things.
Life, as they are fond of saying in the Caribbean, is a beach, although it does kickstart a succession of Test cricket (and never mind limited-overs) that will see 17 matches played by England – against West Indies; then New Zealand (two) and Australia (five) at home; Pakistan (three) in the UAE; and South Africa (four) in that country, all between the third week in April and the first week in January.