BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – England will start their 2009 tour of the Caribbean with two three-day matches at Warner Park in Basseterre, the St. Kitts capital.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) switched the warm-up matches from Barbados to the new Warner Park Cricket Stadium.
The first game will be a practice match against a St. Kitts XI followed by a first-class fixture against West Indies “A.”
The two-day match in Barbados between the second and third Tests will be played against a BCA President’s XI (venue to be confirmed).
The 50-over practice match in Trinidad before the start of the international one-day programme will be played against WIPA President’s Select (venue to be confirmed).
Warner Park
Tour schedule:
England tour of the West Indies 2009
Jan. 21: England team arrives, St Kitts
Jan. 25 – 27: Three-day practice match v St Kitts XI, Warner Park, St Kitts
Jan. 29 – 31: Three-day first-class v West Indies ‘A’, Warner Park, St Kitts
Feb. 4 – Feb 8: First Test, Sabina Park, Jamaica
Feb. 13 – 17: Second Test, Sir Viv Richards Stadium, Antigua
Feb. 21 – 22: Two-day v BCA President’s XI, Barbados
Feb. 26 – Mar. 2: Third Test, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Mar. 6 – Mar 10: Fourth Test, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad
Mar. 14: One-day v WIPA President’s Select, Trinidad
Mar. 15: Twenty20 international, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad
Mar. 20: First one-day international, Providence, Guyana
Mar. 22: Second one-day international, Providence, Guyana
Mar. 27: Third one-day international, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Mar. 29: Fourth one-day international, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Apr. 3: Fifth one-day international, Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia – day/night
Apr. 4: England team departs for UK
