Andre Russell Returns to Windies for England T20 Series

Jamaican all-rounder Andre Russell, who missed the recent tour of Sri Lanka, is back in the West Indies T20 set up ahead of the five match series against England starting this weekend in Barbados.

Russell,Gudakesh Motie and Nicholas Pooran all missed the tour due to personal reasons, and have all been included in the squad for the England series which bowls off on Saturday at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.

Also included in the 15 man squad which is for the first two games in the series is medium pacer Matthew Forde who was the player of the series in the recent One Day Internationals, he comes in for Alzarrie Joseph who will start his two match suspension.

Rovman Powell as usual will lead the squad which is completed by Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Terrance Hinds, Shamar Jospeh, Sherfane Rutherford, Shai Hope, Akeil Hossain, Brandon King and Evin Lewis.

The first two games will be played back to back Saturday and Sunday before the series moves to St. Lucia for the final three games at the Darren Sammy Stadium November 14, 16 and 17.