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West Indian cricket team in England in 2011

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Field	Value
series_name	West Indian cricket team in England in 2011
team1_image	WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
team1_name	West Indies
team2_image	Flag of England.svg
team2_name	England
from_date	23 September 2011
to_date	25 September 2011
team1_captain	Darren Sammy
team2_captain	Graeme Swann
no_of_twenty20s	2
team1_twenty20s_won	1
team2_twenty20s_won	1
team1_twenty20s_most_runs	Johnson Charles (57)
team2_twenty20s_most_runs	Craig Kieswetter (68)
team1_twenty20s_most_wickets	Garey Mathurin (3)
team2_twenty20s_most_wickets	Ravi Bopara (5)

The West Indian cricket team toured England in September 2011. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 matches. The fixtures in London were organised by the ECB, to fulfill contractual agreements with the WICB and Sky Sports. England won the first T20I by ten wickets, following which the West Indies won the second match by 25 runs to level the series.

Background

The England and Wales Cricket Board scheduled the series to fulfill contractual agreements with the West Indies Cricket Board and Sky Sports. England were originally scheduled to play the Stanford Super Series, but the series was cancelled after the arrest of its founder, Allen Stanford. The ECB had already budgeted for the money they received from the contract and were unable to return the money lost by the cancellation of the Stanford Super Series. Thus, in June 2011, they announced that they would play two extra T20Is with the West Indies in September.

Venues

Both matches took place at The Oval in Kennington, London.

Squads

As the tour clashed with the Champions League Twenty20, many of the West Indies' senior players were unavailable for the series. The squad excluded seven senior players and featured four uncapped players, Miles Bascombe, Johnson Charles, Nkrumah Bonner, and Derwin Christian. England were also forced to field a weakened side after Stuart Broad and Eoin Morgan, the captain and vice-captain, were ruled out due to injury.

Ashley Nurse was replaced by Garey Mathurin after failing a fitness test at a preparation camp held in Barbados.

T20I series

1st T20I

Ravi Bopara's figures of 4 wickets for 10 runs set a new record for best figures by an English bowler in a T20 International.

2nd T20I

References

(24 August 2011). "England v West Indies". ESPN.
(24 August 2011). "West Indies name weakened squad for Twenty20s in England". BBC Sport.
ESPNcricinfo staff. (3 August 2011). "ECB confirm two extra Twenty20s".
"Fringe players aim to stake claims".
"West Indies name young squad for England T20s".
"Mathurin replaces Nurse in T20 squad".
(24 September 2011). "Graeme Swann backs Ravi Bopara to shine as an all-rounder". British Broadcasting Corporation.
"ENG vs WI Cricket Scorecard, 1st T20I at London, September 23, 2011".
Miller, Andrew. (23 September 2011). "Bopara stars as England cruise to victory".

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