Evin Lewis returns to WI T20 for World Cup

Nicholas Pooran is set to lead the West Indies in his first World Cup as captain, with Rovman Powell as vice-captain and the return of Evin Lewis.

The West Indies 15-man team for the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia was announced earlier this week and sees the recall of the Left-handed explosive opening batter Lewis. 

Lewis has not played in the limited overs team since the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup in UAE and he is joined by two uncapped players in right-arm leg-spinner allrounder Yannic Cariah and left-arm batting allrounder Raymon Reifer.

Also making his return to the regional top flight team is Johnson Charles who is set to play in his third T20 World Cup and has not played since 2016 in the regional limited overs squad. 

West Indies play Zimbabwe on October 19 in their first match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in the first round. Scotland and Ireland are the other teams in West Indies’ group. The top two teams from Group B will join the Super 12s.

West Indies are also due to play Australia in a two-match bilateral T20I series on October 5 and October 7 ahead of the T20 World Cup.

The full squad for the World Cup is

West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Yannic Cariah, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Obed Mccoy, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith.

ICC MEN’s T20 WORLD CUP 2022, Australia

Round 1 – Groups

Group A: Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, and Namibia
Group B: Scotland, West Indies, Zimbabwe, and Ireland

(Top two teams from each group advance to Super 12s)

Round 1 – Match Schedule (all played at Bellerive Oval, Hobart).

October 17: West Indies v Scotland, 15h00 Australia time, 00h00 Eastern Caribbean time, 23h00 Jamaica time (16 October)

October 19: West Indies v Zimbabwe, 19h00 Australia time, 04h00 Eastern Caribbean time, 03h00 Jamaica time

October 21: West Indies v Ireland, 15h00 Australia time, 00h00 Eastern Caribbean time, 23h00 Jamaica time (20 October)

Super 12s

Group 1: England, Australia, New Zealand, Afghanistan, A1 and B2.

Group 2: India, Pakistan, Pakistan, South Africa, A2 and B1.

(Top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals)

SEMI-FINALS

November 9:  SCG, Sydney

November 10: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

FINAL

November 13: MCG, Melbourne