England bound for Antigua and Barbados for West Indies white-ball tour in December

The sides will contest three ODIs and a T20I at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground before the remainder of the five-match 20-over series takes place at the Kensington Oval

England women are bound for Antigua and Barbados during their eight-match tour of West Indies after the schedule was announced barely four weeks before the Caribbean trip commences.

The tour was confirmed in August but the dates and venues have been unknown until now.

Both sides will contest a three-match day/night one-day international series at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on December 4, 6 and 9. The matches, worth two points each, go towards the ongoing ICC Women's Championship 2022-25.

They will remain in Antigua for the first of five T20Is (December 11) before moving to the Kensington Oval for the final four games (December 14, 18, 18 and 22).

West Indies v England fixtures

1st ODI: Sunday, December 4 - Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua (2pm GMT)

2nd ODI: Tuesday, December 6 - Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua (2pm GMT)

3rd ODI: Friday, December 9 - Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua (2pm GMT)

1st T20I: Sunday, December 11 - Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua (6pm GMT)

2nd T20I: Wednesday, December 14 - Kensington Oval, Barbados, (6pm GMT)

3rd T20I: Saturday, December 17 - Kensington Oval, Barbados (6pm GMT)

4th T20I: Sunday, December 18 - Kensington Oval, Barbados (6pm GMT)

5th T20I: Thursday, December 22 - Kensington Oval, Barbados (6pm GMT)

"It's always a great place to visit and with a new head coach soon to come on board it's the beginning of a new cycle for this team," director of England women's cricket Jonathan Finch.

"The West Indies series sees our first overseas round of the ICC Women’s Championship and it's key we get some points on the board. The tour also plays an important role in preparing for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup early next year."

It remains to be seen who will lead England into the tour, their first bilateral series first in the Caribbean over any format since 2016-17. The process to recruit a new head coach to replace Lisa Keightley, who stood down at the end of the summer, remains ongoing.

Meanwhile, Captain Heather Knight is currently recovering from surgery on a hip injury that forced her to miss swathes of the summer. in September, Nat Sciver took a break from cricket to manage her mental health.

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