Christopher Roger Woakes is an English cricketer who plays internationally for England in all formats. In domestic cricket,he represents Warwickshire,and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues,including for Kolkata Knight Riders,Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.
Alexander Daniel Hales is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batter who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and has represented the English Cricket Team across all formats. He made his One Day International debut against India in August 2014 and his Test cricket debut against South Africa in December 2015. Hales is the first English batter to score a T20I century,and has the highest individual score of an English batter in the format with his 116 not out against Sri Lanka in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. He is also the first batter to be dismissed for 99 in an ODI and a T20I. Hales was a key member of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup. In August 2023 Hales announced his retirement from international cricket,focusing on domestic and franchise T20 cricket.
David Jonathan Willey is an English international cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and bowler. He is the son of former England cricketer and international umpire Peter Willey. Willey was a member of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup.
James Michael Vince is an English cricketer who is the captain for Hampshire County Cricket Club and plays for the England cricket team. Vince was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He is a right-handed middle-order batter who is also a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his international debut for England in May 2015.
Mark Andrew Wood is an English cricketer who plays internationally for England in all formats. In domestic cricket,he represents Durham,and has played for Chennai Super Kings and for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.
Matthew Jack Leach is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Somerset. Leach made his Test debut in 2018. He plays as a left-arm orthodox spin bowler.
Thomas Kevin Curran,is an English cricketer who represents England in Test matches,One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. He plays for Surrey County Cricket Club in English domestic cricket. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowling all-rounder. He made his international debut for England in June 2017. He is the son of former Zimbabwe international cricketer Kevin Curran,and the brother of both Northamptonshire CCC batsman Ben Curran and England and Surrey all-rounder Sam Curran.
Daniel William Lawrence is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Essex. Lawrence made his Test debut in 2021. He plays as a right-handed middle-order batsman,and occasional offbreak bowler.
Oliver Edward Robinson is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Sussex,having previously played for Yorkshire and Hampshire. He made his Test debut in 2021,and plays as a right-arm medium fast bowler.
Liam Stephen Livingstone is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. Livingstone is a right-handed batter and spin bowler,capable of bowling both right-arm leg and off spin. He made his Twenty20 debut for Lancashire against Leicestershire in May 2015. He was awarded the Most Valuable Player in the ECB's inaugural The Hundred competition. He was a member of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Mason Sidney Crane is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire. He is a right-arm leg break bowler and right-handed batsman. He also played for the England national cricket team in 2017 &2018.
Samuel Matthew Curran is an English cricketer who plays for England in all formats. In domestic cricket,he represents Surrey,and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues,including for Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. On 23 December 2022,he was the subject of the highest bid in the history of Indian Premier League,when he was bought for £1.85 million by Punjab Kings.
Philip Dean Salt is a professional cricketer,who plays internationally for England and domestically for Lancashire County Cricket Club,and previously for Sussex. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batsman,he sometimes keeps wicket and,less frequently,bowls right-arm medium-pace. Salt made his international debut for England in July 2021. Born in Wales,he moved in his youth to Barbados and then to England. Salt was part of the England team that won the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup.
Matthew William Parkinson is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019. Parkinson made his Test debut for England in June 2022,as a concussion substitute. His twin brother,Callum,plays cricket for Leicestershire.
Jofra Chioke Archer is a Barbadian and English cricketer who represents England in international cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler. In domestic cricket he plays for Sussex as well as a number of T20 franchises. In April 2019,Archer was selected to play for the England team in limited overs fixtures against Ireland and Pakistan. He made his international debut for England in May 2019,and was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He then made his Test debut later that summer,against Australia in the 2019 Ashes series. In April 2020,Archer was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
Oliver John Douglas Pope is an English professional cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batter who occasionally plays as a wicket-keeper. He made his Test debut in 2018.
Guramar Singh Virdi,known as Amar Virdi,is an English cricketer. An off-spin bowler,Virdi played in two Under-19 internationals for England against Sri Lanka in 2016. He made his first-class debut for Surrey in the 2017 County Championship on 26 May 2017.
William George Jacks is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batter and off spin bowler. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in December 2022.
Sophia Ivy Rose Dunkley is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey,South East Stars,Welsh Fire,Gujarat Giants and England. A right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler,she made her county debut in 2012 for Middlesex and her England debut in 2018,against Bangladesh at the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. In 2020,she left Middlesex to join Surrey. In June 2021,Dunkley was awarded her first central contract with the England women's cricket team. In the same month,she made her Test debut,becoming the first black woman to play Test cricket for England.
The West Indies cricket team toured England to play three Test matches. The team were originally scheduled to tour the country in May and June 2020. However,the series was initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cricket West Indies stated that they would do everything they can to help accommodate the fixtures,including moving the fixtures back or even hosting them in the West Indies. A revised tour schedule,with the first Test starting in July,was proposed at the end of May 2020. The fixtures were confirmed the following month,with the matches all played behind closed doors. The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.
