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Feel free to pick 5 players from the two countries (a mix of the two, or 5 from one country - it's up to you), and two reserve players just in case one of the chosen 5 does not play. The first reserve player picked will come into contention first.

West Indies squad
Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Kraigg Brathwaite, Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, Shane Dowrich, Chemar Holder, Jason Holder (captain), Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Raymon Reifer, Kemar Roach

Reserve players: Sunil Ambris, Joshua Da Silva, Shannon Gabriel, Keon Harding, Kyle Mayers, Preston McSween, Marquino Mindley, Shane Moseley, Anderson Phillip, Oshane Thomas, Jomel Warrican

England squad for first Test: Ben Stokes (capt), James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

Reserves: James Bracey, Sam Curran, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Ollie Robinson, Olly Stone

Get your teams in before the first ball is bowled in the first Test.

Fixtures

1st Test: July 8-12, Ageas Bowl

2nd Test: July 16-20, Emirates Old Trafford

3rd Test: July 24-28, Emirates Old Trafford

Scoring

Batting

1 point per run.
+10 for a score of 50.
+10 for every further increment of 50 scored.
If a batsman is not out after 50 = +10, after 100 = +15, after 200 = +25 etc....

Fielding

10 points per catch or stumping
20 points per run out, or 10 points each, if two players share the responsibility
10 bonus points for 3 contributions with catches,stumpings or run outs

Bowling

20 points per wicket
2 points per maiden over
+10 for 5 wickets in the match
+20 for 5 wickets in an innings
+30 for 10 wickets in the match
+50 for 10 wickets in an innings
+30 for a hat trick

1) Jermaine Blackwood (WI)
2) Nkrumah Bonner (WI)
3) John Campbell (WI)
4) Shannon Gabriel (WI)
5) Roston Chase (WI)

Subs
Kemar Roach (WI)
Jofra Archer (England)

feels slightly strange

Still no England squad.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Still no England squad.

It's there now....

May I please have

Brathwaite
Brooks
Buttler
Joseph
Stokes

Subs

Gabriel
Hope

Thanks

Hope
Chase
J.Holder
Roach
Anderson

Stokes
Broad

Thanks.

Ben Stokes
Kemar Roach
Jos Buttler
James Anderson
Shai Hope

Jason Holder
Royston Chase

Stokes
Sibley
Chase
Holder J
Wood

Archer
Anderson

thanks

My side is Archer, Stokes, J Holder, Chase and Anderson with Roach and Buttler in reserve

Sibley
Chase
Stokes
Pope
Anderson

Hope/Crawley

My word. Was not expecting this so soon.

Pope
Stokes
J Holder
Roach
Anderson

Archer
Burns

Wow - cricket returns!

The kid says ...

Archer
Stokes
Anderson
J Holder
Broad

Buttler
Burns

The kid has amended his team with Holder in for Woakes

Stokes
Anderson
Broad
Pope
Holder

Archer
Roach

Here are the player scores for the first Test....

1) Ben Stokes (Eng) 241
2) Shannon Gabriel (WI) 218
3) Jason Holder (WI) 217
4) Shane Dowrich (WI) 171
5) Roston Chase (WI) 136
6) James Anderson (Eng) 122
7) Jermaine Blackwood (WI) 117
8) Jofra Archer (Eng) 105
9) Zak Crawley (Eng) 96
10) Dom Bess (Eng) 88
11) Jos Buttler (Eng) 84
12) Alzarri Joseph (WI) 80
13) Kraigg Brathwaite (WI) 79
14) Rory Burns (Eng) 72
15) Dom Sibley (Eng) 60
16) Mark Wood (Eng) 51
17) Joe Denly (Eng) 47
18) John Campbell (WI) 46
19) Shai Hope (WI) 45
20) Shamarh Brooks (WI) 39
21) Kemar Roach (WI) 29
22) Ollie Pope (Eng) 24

Poster scores will go up later today....