ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel announced the squads for the upcoming Best v Best men’s red ball matches. The Panel named 24 players for two three-day fixtures, which will be played at the Coolidge Cricket Ground on October 27-29 and November 1-3. The two teams will be led by Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood.

The players will use these matches as preparations ahead of West Indies’ forthcoming tour to Sri Lanka for two Test matches following the ICC T20 World Cup. The team will depart from Antigua on November 6 and the tour will run until December 4. The full tour squad and schedule will be announced at a later date. The series is the second of six series, three at home and three away, that West Indies will play in the 2021-2023 ICC World Test Championship after drawing the first Betway Test Series against Pakistan in August. Please see ICC World Test Championship table here: https://bit.ly/3EcJXpV

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Here lies our problem. The new norm now to pick a West Indies team is for selectors to pick a team and team B to play a four day practice game. The last time we had our traditional Caribbean tournament was in 2019. So no room for our young players to knock doors and no room for our current players to play with confidence. I know some will say is because of covid but the truth is they still play cricket in England, Australia, Pakistan despite covid. In fact since covid we have toured England, Bangladeshi, New Zealand and now the World Cup. Then we’ve had Pakistan, Australia, Sri Lanka come to our shores. So it’s not because they are concerned about covid. What a shame