World T20: West Indies Opt to Field Against England
West Indies opted to go in with Carlos Brathwaite instead of Jason Holder, while England gave prefrence to David Willey
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: March 16, 2016 08:02 PM IST
West Indies won the toss and chose to field first against England in their opening match of the World Twenty20 in Mumbai on Wednesday. (Scorecard | Blog)
Alex Hales and Jason Roy were set to open the batting for England in the Super 10 Group One match at the Wankhede Stadium in the western Indian city.
Left-arm pace bowler David Willey was picked to play ahead of Liam Plunkett, while Andre Fletcher and all-rounder Jason Holder sat out for the Windies.
Carlos Brathwaite was picked ahead of Holder for the West Indies, who have six foot seven inches left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn in their line-up.
West Indies: Darren Sammy (captain), Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor
England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey