England retain same squad for West Indies ODI series

London: England have named an unchanged squad, minus the injured Alex Hales, for March's one-day international series in the West Indies.

Opener Hales fractured a hand as England lost 2-0 in their series in India earlier this month.

England will play two matches in Antigua with a third in Barbados before the teams face each other again in England in the summer.

The West Indies are ninth in the one-day standings, four below England.

Sam Billings replaced Hales for the final ODI in the three-match series in India, and also opened the batting in the first of the Twenty20 matches against the same opposition.

England will arrive at St Kitts and Nevis on February 22. They will play a couple of warm-up matches on February 25 and February 27. The first two ODIs will be played at Antigua on March 3 and March 5 respectively. The third and final match of the series will be played at Barbados on March 9.

England ODI squad:

• Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, captain)
• Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
• Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wk)
• Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire)
• Sam Billings (Kent, wk)
• Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wk)
• Liam Dawson (Hampshire)
• Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire)
• Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
• Joe Root (Yorkshire)
• Jason Roy (Surrey)
• Ben Stokes (Durham)
• David Willey (Yorkshire)
• Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)