5 reasons why England vs WI will be a competitive series

The impetus on picking youngsters

West Indies' Evin Lewis is considered as good a striker of the ball as Chris Gayle

Apart from Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels, this Windies team is filled with young, talented players. This is definitely a step taken in the right direction keeping the ICC World Cup, 2019 in mind.

Evin Lewis is as good a striker of the ball as Gayle. An extremely gifted batsmen, he has shown his worth already with his two hundreds in T20I’s which decimated oppositions. Good things can be expected from this youngster.

The same goes for their middle order too. Samuels is the experience which binds two talented, young batsmen in Shai Hope and Jason Mohammed. Both have had good starts to their ODI career and if they can learn few things from Samuels it would do them good.

Picking Rowman Powell ahead of Dwayne Bravo or Carlos Brathwaite is a good sign too. Dwayne Bravo hasn’t played for the Windies for a while and Brathwaite hasn’t been able to replicate his T20 antics in the ODI format.

So picking new talent keeping an eye on the ICC World Cup, Powell’s inclusion is a step in the right direction. Also what the inclusion of so many youngsters would do is it would increase the energy levels of the team which would be reflected in improved fielding and catching standards.