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11-Dec-2018 04:52:00 GMT
England in West Indies 2019

England name unchanged Test squad for West Indies Tour

London: England have named an unchanged 16-man squad for the three-Test series in the West Indies starting next month.

Joe Root's team beat Sri Lanka 3-0 last month, with wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and opener Rory Burns making their debuts.

David Willey returns for the five-match one-day series starting in February, with Sam Curran, Liam Dawson and Olly Stone left out.

The squad for the three-match T20 series that completes the tour of the Caribbean in March will be named later.

Warwickshire seamer Stone, who made his ODI debut in Sri Lanka and took one wicket in three innings, remains in the Test squad with the younger of the Curran brothers, Sam, who has scored 404 runs and taken 14 wickets in his first seven matches.

Surrey left-hander Burns, 28, made a steady start to his Test career with 155 runs in six innings and a top score of 59.

Foakes, 25, impressed after being called in to cover for Jonny Bairstow, with a century and a fifty, plus eight catches and two stumpings.

Surrey batsman Ollie Pope was part of the original squad in Sri Lanka but left the tour ahead of the second Test to play for the Lions and is not included.

England have won only one Test series in the West Indies since 1968, when Michael Vaughan's team sealed a 3-0 win in 2004.

The most recent tour in 2015 saw the Windies win the final match by five wickets to draw the series at 1-1.

Meanwhile, England are waiting to learn when Sussex's Barbados-born all-rounder Jofra Archer qualifies to play for them.

England Test squad: Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, Jimmy Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Ben Foakes (wk), Keaton Jennings, Jack Leach, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes

England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

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