{"id":21248,"date":"2024-07-10T19:18:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21248"},"modified":"2024-07-10T19:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:19:09","slug":"west-indies-prepares-to-face-england-in-three-match-test-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-prepares-to-face-england-in-three-match-test-series\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Prepares to Face England in Three-Match Test Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies men&#8217;s cricket team is gearing up to take on their English rivals in a highly anticipated three-match series starting on July 10 at Lord\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of their preparation, the Windies recently contested a drawn warm-up match against England\u2019s First-Class Counties Select XI at Kent County Cricket Ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant coach Jimmy Adams expressed satisfaction with the team&#8217;s commitment during the warm-up, highlighting the valuable playing time the squad received ahead of the series opener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite featuring several new faces, Adams noted the players&#8217; dedication to improving their performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on their recent success against Australia, where the West Indies ended a 27-year drought with a memorable second-test victory, Adams emphasized the importance of carrying forward the lessons learned into their upcoming encounters against England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the warm-up match, the West Indies declared their second innings at 196 for 5, with Alick Athanaze unbeaten on 66 and Joshua Da Silva not out at 51. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The County XI, chasing 163 runs for victory on a rain-affected final day, managed 30 for 2 before play concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With both teams now primed for the Test series, cricket enthusiasts eagerly await the clash between the West Indies and England, set to unfold over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore The West Indies men&#8217;s cricket team is gearing up to take on their English rivals in a highly anticipated three-match series starting on July 10 at Lord\u2019s.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21250,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21248\/revisions\/21250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}