{"id":614536,"date":"2026-06-01T01:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/614536\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T01:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:50:10","slug":"cricket-west-indies-announces-odi-squad-for-the-first-series-of-an-exciting-home-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/614536\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket West Indies Announces ODI Squad for the First Series of an Exciting Home Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"9b06s\">ST JOHN\u2019S, Antigua &#8211; Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced its 15-member squad for the highly anticipated three-match One Day International (ODI) series against Sri Lanka, scheduled for June 3-8 at Sabina Park in Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"lu8c\">The series comes at the start of a crucial stage in the West Indies campaign for automatic qualification to the 2027 ICC Men\u2019s ODI World Cup.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6ns8j\">Led by captain Shai Hope, the \u201cMen in Maroon\u201d team will also be aiming to extend their unbeaten home ODI series streak to five consecutive victories, with the last triumph coming against Pakistan in August of last year.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2tejh\">The squad sees the return of fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, who had been sidelined since July 2025 due to a back injury, along with Gudakesh Motie who missed the series away to New Zealand back in November.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"enoi0\">Following his impressive performances during the recent ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, Shimron Hetmyer has been reintegrated into the West Indies ODI setup as part of CWI\u2019s strategic build-up towards the 50-Over World Cup in October and November next year. He will join the squad ahead of the third and final encounter. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"eu2ja\">Head Coach Daren Sammy says the team\u2019s strong recent form at home has boosted confidence ahead of the series against a formidable opponent.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"29h2c\">The squad arrived in Jamaica on May 31 following the conclusion of the 10-day training camp at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"ctoj2\">Fans can watch the exciting action all series long on ESPN Caribbean or listen to live radio coverage on Windies YouTube channel. For updates on the full 2026 International Home Series visit <a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.windiescricket.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Crwhite%40cricketwestindies.org%7Cb3f84c876beb486d404208debf45fe2b%7Ca8ffb8629374453984cd1c7a13c9313b%7C0%7C0%7C639158504538100120%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fbQez%2B%2Ff%2FxH29s3cSl5Oz4cOwgZXiFCac1hbvu1qYSQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.windiescricket.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow @windiescricket on all major social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"richtext-image full-width\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f8a6552f-10a7-4012-86a9-d6e08d7fb29a.width-800.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"e287a\">West Indies ODI Squad Against Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"aed8b\">Shai Hope (Captain)<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"dt7tp\">Ackeem Auguste<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9gsfq\">John Campbell<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"e75q4\">Keacy Carty<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"frhph\">Roston Chase<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"f4pgl\">Matthew Forde<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"88qsn\">Justin Greaves<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4qm64\">Shimron Hetmyer<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"fa9ll\">Amir Jangoo<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7s5hf\">Alzarri Joseph<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"52u9u\">Shamar Joseph<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5gf6i\">Gudakesh Motie<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bcj4g\">Sherfane Rutherford<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bi0f9\">Jayden Seales<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4brna\">Shamar Springer<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4f66b\">Team Management Unit (TMU)<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"8e1kh\">Head Coach: Daren Sammy<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2ru4u\">Manager: Rawl Lewis<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"cecu4\">Assistant Coach (Batting): Floyd Reifer<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"anuhc\">Assistant Coach (Bowling): Ravi Rampaul<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6ql8r\">Assistant Coach (Fielding): Rayon Griffith<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"f7v9l\">Physiotherapist: Dr Denis Byam<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7mov4\">Strength &amp; Conditioning Coach: Darc Browne<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7ckt8\">Massage Therapist: Harone Jackson<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"f8led\">Performance Analyst: Avenesh Seetaram<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"vika\">Content &amp; Media Officer: Jerome Foster<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4fbk1\">Match Schedule<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"fv6mc\">1st ODI:\u00a0June 3 \u2013 Sabina Park, Jamaica @ 9:30am in Jamaica\/10:30am AST<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9c4jr\">2nd ODI:\u00a0June 6 \u2013 Sabina Park, Jamaica @ 2:30pm in Jamaica\/3:30pm AST<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"cmf9m\">3rd ODI:\u00a0June 8 \u2013 Sabina Park, Jamaica @ 2:30pm in Jamaica\/3:30pm AST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST JOHN\u2019S, Antigua &#8211; Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced its 15-member squad for the highly anticipated three-match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-614536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}