ENG vs Wi Odie Series: England cricket team is ready to take on the West Indies in their home. There will be a total of three ODIs. England’s playing 11 has surfaced for the first match.
Eng vs Wi Odie Series: While there is a boom of IPL 2025 in India these days, ODI series is going to start in England. England have announced their playing XI for the first ODI for the 3 -match ODI series against the West Indies. This series is going to start the era of Harry Brook in England cricket. He has been made the captain of the team in this series. After Jose Butler’s resignation, he was appointed the captain of the White Ball cricket team.
Jose Butler resigned from captaincy due to poor performance in the Champions Trophy 2025, after which Harry Brook has been appointed as the new captain. If you talk about playing 11, then a new opener will also be seen in this match.
Route returns, changed opener
For the first ODI against the West Indies, England have placed Jamie Smith as an opening pair with Ben Docket at the playing XI. Jamie Smith has replaced Phil Salt. Phil Soult was dropped due to his poor form, while Joe Root has returned to the team. He will be seen batting at number three.
England’s playing XI
Ben Docket, Jamie Smith, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jose Butler, Jacob Bethel, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Bridan Cars, Shakib Mahmood and Adil Rashid.
England name their xi for the first ODI against West Indies at Edgbaston Tomorrow 🏴
Jamie Smith Moves Up to Open AlongSide Ben Ducket as Harry Brook’s White-Ball CaptaIncy Begins 🫡 pic.twitter.com/hcvtupydk
– Espncricinfo (@espncricinfo) May 28, 2025
When will the matches of Eng vs Wi ODI series be there?
The first match of this ODI series between England and West Indies will be played on 29 May at Edgbaston, Birmingham. After this, the next two matches will be held on 1 June and 3 June. These series will be important for the preparation of the ODI World Cup 2027. It has to be seen how the West Indies team performs on the land of England.
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