Windies focus on Bangladesh
Attention shifts to the Bangladesh tour, with the English sojourn out of the way.
The English men wound up a successful Caribbean outing when they squared the One-Day series two last Wednesday. {{more}}
The West Indies went into that match leading two/one following victories in St. Lucia over the weekend. From the first match in Guyana, which England won, three matches were washed out.
The visitors, spurred by Marcus Trescothickâs 82, off 57 balls, romped to a five-wicket win with 16 balls to spare in the final and seventh encounter at the Kensignton Oval in Barbados.
England cruised to 264 for 5 in reply to 261 for 6 which the homesters compiled in their allotted 50 overs.
Ramnaresh Sarwan with an unbeaten 104 was the mainstay of the West Indies batting.
The West Indies play two matches against the Bangladeshis at the Arnos Vale Playing Field, May 15 and 16, following a Warm-up match May 12.
The Bangladesh tour winds up with two Test matches. The first will be at the Beausejour Stadium St. Lucia May 28 to June 1 and Jamaica June 4 to 8.
The West Indies will be in England for a triangular tournament starting June. Following matches in Ireland June 16, they play New Zealand June 26 and England the following day. The drama continues against England July 1. They play New Zealand July 3, England July 6, and New Zealand again July 8.
The final of the One-Day International series is carded for July 10.
Then the West Indies pay attention to the longer version with four Test matches. The first is from July 22 to 26, the second July 29 to August 2, the third August 12 to 16 and the other August 19 to 23.
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