Recent Match Report – West Indies vs England 4th T20I 2023

West Indies win the toss and choose to play against England

West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first against England in the penultimate encounter of their five-match T20I series at Tarouba.

West Indies had already made two changes to their team for the remainder of the series on the eve of this match, with Shimron Hetmyer dropping out after missing the third match following scores of 1 and 2 in the first two matches, making way for Johnson Charles, and Alzarri Joseph have been rested ahead of next month's tour of Australia with Oshane Thomas joining the squad.

But it was Matthew Forde who got the nod for his first T20I in West Indies' only change after impressing on his international debut in the third ODI against England on December 9.

England made two changes to their line-up for a must-win clash with West Indies leading the series 2-1. Chris Woakes, who woke up in the Caribbean to the news that he had been picked up by Punjab Kings in the IPL auction, came into the team with Rehan Ahmed, replacing Gus Atkinson and Tymal Mills .

Phil Salt, whose unbeaten 109 from just 56 balls helped England to victory in the previous match, was expected to take the wicketkeeping gloves from Jos Buttler.

Buttler, the England captain, said at the toss that he too would have liked to chase. The game was due to begin in wet conditions, with blankets left on the field until shortly before the toss.

West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Kyle Mayers, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 5 Rovman Powell (captain), 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Jason Holder, 9 Matthew Forde, 10 Akeal Hosein, 11 Gudakesh Motie

England: 1 Jos Buttler (captain), 2 Phil Salt (wk), 3 Will Jacks, 4 Liam Livingtsone, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Rehan Ahmed, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Reece Topley