West Indies will face Zimbabwe and English County team Warwickshire in a series of Twenty20 matches as they prepare for the ICC World T20 Championship.
According to a WICB media release, the Windies are presently in United Arab Emirates for a camp before heading to India for the world tournament – to be played from March 8 to April 3.
They play against the Zimbabweans on Saturday and Monday at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. These matches are not official T20 Internationals.
They will then face Warwickshire on Friday, March 4 and Sunday, March 6 at the ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai.
The West Indies are due to arrive in Kolkata on March 7 ahead of the tournament. They will have official warm-up matches against India on Thursday, March 10, and against Australia on Sunday, March 13.
West Indies have been drawn in Group 1 of the Super 10 stage where they will play alongside England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and one of the qualifiers from the first round.
FULL SQUAD
Darren Sammy (Captain)
Samuel Badree
Sulieman Benn
Carlos Brathwaite
Dwayne Bravo
Johnson Charles
Andre Fletcher
Chris Gayle
Jason Holder
Ashley Nurse
Denesh Ramdin
Andre Russell
Marlon Samuels
Lendl Simmons
Jerome Taylor
Team Management
Phil Simmons (Head Coach)
Rawl Lewis (Interim Team Operations Manager)
Sir Curtly Ambrose (Bowling Consultant)
Stuart Williams (Assistant Coach)
Andre Coley (Assistant Coach)
C.J Clark (Physiotherapist)
Ronald Rogers (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
Dexter Augustus (Analyst)
Philip Spooner (Media Manager)
Virgil Browne (Massage Therapist)
FULL MATCH SCHEDULE
United Arab Emirates Series
Saturday, February 27: vs Zimbabwe – Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Monday, February 29: vs Zimbabwe – Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Friday, March 4: vs Warwickshire – ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai
Sunday, March 6: vs Warwickshire – ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai
ICC World T20 Warm-ups
Thursday, March 10: vs India – Eden Garden, Kolkata
Sunday, March 13: vs Australia – Eden Garden, Kolkata
ICC World T20 Super 10 Group 1
Wednesday, March 16: vs England – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sunday, March 20: vs Sri Lanka – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Friday, March 25: vs South Africa – Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Sunday, March 27: vs Qualifier 1B – Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
