Thursday, January 10th, 2019

MOEEN JETTING OFF TO BEGIN TWO MONTH TOUR OF WEST INDIES

Moeen Ali and his England team-mates are scheduled to land in the West Indies tomorrow for their two month tour of the Caribbean at the beginning of a monumental period of international cricket.

The Worcestershire all-rounder will be flying out with the squad from Gatwick after recharging his batteries during the past six weeks following the successful tour of Sri Lanka.

It will be the first action in an exciting spell which will also take in the ICC World Cup and the latest Ashes series – both on home soil.

Moeen will celebrate the fifth anniversary of first representing his country next month – also in the West Indies in an ODI Series

The 31-year-old has to date featured in 55 Tests, 87 ODIs and 25 T20Is.

Moeen will be bubbling with confidence after his 18 wickets in three Tests against the Sri Lankans.

England will take part in two warm-up games versus the West Indies Board X1 before the opening Test which starts on January 23 at the Kensington Oval.

They will do battle with the Windies in three Tests, five ODIs and three T20s before flying home in mid March.

England tour of the Caribbean schedule:

Two-day warm-up match, WI Board XI v England, 15-16 January 2019, Three Ws Oval, Barbados

Two-day warm-up match, WI Board XI v England, 17-18 January 2019, Three Ws Oval, Barbados

1st Test, Windies v England, 23-27 January 2019, Kensington Oval, Barbados

2nd Test, Windies v England, 31 January-4 February 2019, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua

3rd Test, Windies v England, 9-13 February 2018, Darren Sammy Oval, St Lucia

One-Day warm-up, Vice Chancellor’s XI v England, 17 February 2019, Three Ws Oval, Barbados

1st ODI, Windies v England, 20 February 2019, Kensington Oval, Barbados

2nd ODI, Windies v England, 22 February 2019, Kensington Oval, Barbados

3rd ODI, Windies v England, 25 February 2019, National Cricket Stadium, Grenada

4th ODI, Windies v England, 27 February 2019, National Cricket Stadium, Grenada

5th ODI, Windies v England, 2 March 2019, Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium, St Lucia

1st IT20, Windies v England, 5 March 2019, Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium, St Lucia

2nd IT20, Windies v England, 8 March 2019, Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis

3rd IT20, Windies v England, 10 March 2019, Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis