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Five players to watch at the England v West Indies Royal ODI Series

August 15, 2017

This year will see the Kia Oval host the Royal London One Day International on Wednesday 27 September, where England will take on the West Indies for a day of explosive action. In the lead up to this hotly anticipated ODI, we've picked our top five players (from both England and West Indies) that we think you should be watching. 

As always we'd love to hear what you think. Do you agree with our picks? And please feel free to share!

Ben Stokes

Jason Holder

Age: 26
Role: All rounder
Club Team: Durham
Fun Fact: Stokes has a superstition of sweeping his bat across his crease at the end of every over.
Career highlight: In 2015 against New Zealand Stokes broke the record for the fastest Test Match hundred at Lord’s, taking only 85 balls.

 

Jason Holder

Jo Root

Age: 25
Role: All rounder
Club Team: Kolkata Knight Riders
Fun Fact: At 23 years and 72 days old, he became the youngest cricketer ever to captain West Indies.
Career highlight: His maiden ODI five-wicket haul against India making him the third West Indies captain after Viv Richards and Dwayne Bravo to take a five-for.

 

 

Joe Root

Evin Lewis

Age: 26
Role: Batsman
Club Team: Yorkshire
Fun Fact: Joe Root is the first and only batsman to have made 30 plus scores in each of his first 10 ODI innings.
Career highlight: In 2016, Joe Root made a career-best 254 against Pakistan.

  

 

Evin Lewis

Jason Roy

Age: 25
Role: Opening batsman
Club Team: Dhaka Dynamites
Fun Fact: Evin Lewis scored his first hundred in bangladesh Premier League.
Career highlight:  Hitting 125 off 62 balls; the highest individual score by a batsman in a T20I against India.

 

 

Jason Roy

Kia OVal

Age: 27
Role: Opening batsman
Club Team: Surrey
Fun Fact: Roy is good friends with Kevin Peterson, regularly posting pictures of them playing golf together.
Career highlight: Roy hits a match winning 162 against Sri Lanka, the second highest ODI score ever made by an England batsman.

 

Don't miss out on what's expected to be an action-packed ODI at the Kia Oval. For more information and how to book, click here

 

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