West Indian cricket team in England in 2011

West Indian cricket team in England in 2011
		West Indies		England
Dates		23 September 2011 – 25 September 2011
Captains		Darren Sammy		Graeme Swann
Twenty20 International series
Result		2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs		Johnson Charles (57)		Craig Kieswetter (68)
Most wickets		Garey Mathurin (3)		Ravi Bopara (5)

The West Indian cricket team toured England in September 2011. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 matches.^[1] The fixtures in London were organised by the ECB, to fulfill contractual agreements with the WICB and the media.^[2]

Squads

West Indies	England
Darren Sammy (c) Christopher Barnwell Miles Bascombe Devendra Bishoo Nkruma Bonner Johnson Charles Derwin Christian (wk) Fidel Edwards Danza Hyatt Ashley Nurse Andre Russell Marlon Samuels Krishmar Santokie Dwayne Smith	Graeme Swann (c) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ravi Bopara Scott Borthwick Tim Bresnan Danny Briggs Jos Buttler Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Alex Hales Craig Kieswetter (wk) Samit Patel Ben Stokes

T20I series

1st T20I

23 September Scorecard

West Indies 125 (19.4 overs)	v	England  128/0 (15.2 overs)
Johnson Charles 36 (39) Ravi Bopara 4/10 (3.4 overs)		Alex Hales 62* (48)

England won by 10 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Ravi Bopara (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Ravi Bopara's figures of 4 wickets for 10 runs set a new record for best figures by an English bowler in a T20 International.^[3]

2nd T20I

25 September Scorecard

West Indies  113/5 (20 overs)	v	England 88 (16.4 overs)
Marlon Samuels 35* (35) Samit Patel 2/22 (4 overs)		Ben Stokes 31 (23) Garey Mathurin 3/9 (4 overs)

West Indies won by 25 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Garey Mathurin (WI)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "England v West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
2. "West Indies name weakened squad for Twenty20s in England". BBC Sport. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
3. "Graeme Swann backs Ravi Bopara to shine as an all-rounder". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.