West Indies cricket team versus ICC World XI in the 2018 season

The West Indies cricket team's tour against ICC World XI in the 2018 season took place in England on May 31, 2018 . The international cricket tour was part of the 2018 international cricket season and included a Twenty20 game. West Indies won the game by 72 runs.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for the West Indies. The game was organized to raise funds to combat the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria . Both hurricanes occurred in September 2017 and severely damaged James Ronald Webster Park in Anguilla and Windsor Park in Dominica , among others . The ICC has also decided to grant the game full international status.

Stages

London (Lord's)

Venue of the tour

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the game.

Stadion	city	capacity
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000

Squad lists

The ICC announced the roster on May 7, 2018. The Englishman Eoin Morgan was originally intended to be the captain of the world selection, but had to cancel a few days earlier due to an injury.

Twenty20
West Indies	World XI
Carlos Brathwaite ( K ) Rayad Emrit Andre Fletcher Chris Gayle Evin Lewis Ashley Nurse Keemo Paul Rovman Powell Denesh Ramdin ( wk ) Andre Russell Samuel Badree Marlon Samuels Kesrick Williams	Shahid Afridi ( K ) Sam Billings ( wk ) Tamim Iqbal Dinesh Karthik ( wk ) Rashid Khan Sandeep Lamichhane Shoaib Malik Mitchell McClenaghan Tymal Mills Thisara Perera Adil Rashid Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mohammed Shami

Only Twenty20 International in London

May 31 scorecard	London (Lord's)	West Indies 199-4 (20)	-	World XI 127 (16.4)
		West Indies wins with 72 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ West Indies, Rest of the World XI to play fundraising T20I ( English ) Cricinfo. February 14, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
2. ↑ West Indies to play Rest of the World XI at Lord’s ( English ) The Indian Express. February 14, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
3. ↑ Lord's to host West Indies v ICC Rest of the World XI fundraising T20I ( English ) ICC. February 14, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
4. ↑ Lord's to host West Indies v World XI T20 match for hurricane relief funds ( English ) BBC. February 13, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
5. ↑ ICC World XI, without AUS and SA players, set to take on West Indies ( English ) India Today. May 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
6. ↑ Eoin Morgan out of World XI v West Indies with broken finger ( English ) BBC. May 29, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2019.