India in West Indies 2011-fixture announced

[Sir john]

Digicel Series – West Indies v India June 4: Digicel Twenty20 – Queen’s Park Oval Digicel ODI Series June 6: First Digicel ODI – Queen’s Park Oval June 8: Second Digicel ODI – Queen’s Park Oval June 11: Third Digicel ODI – Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds June13: Fourth Digicel ODI – Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds June 16: Fifth Digicel ODI – Sabina Park Digicel Test Series June 20 – 24: First Digicel Test – Sabina Park June 28 – July 2: Second Digicel Test – Kensington Oval July 6 – 10: Third Digicel Test – Windsor Park

[saneindian]

This is absolutely fantanstic news. Thank you BCCI for not having a 60 day long IPL. The only flipside to this is that the 1st test in England starts on 21st July, 10 days after the final test in WI ends.:(( An extremely packed schedule for our team for the next 15 months now- Oct-Nov 2010 - NZ Series Dec-Jan 2011- SA tour (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) Feb-March 2011 - WC Apr-May 2011- IPL June-July 2011- WI tour (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) July-Sept 2011- Eng tour (4 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) October 2011- 5 ODIs vs Eng in India Nov-Dec 2011- WI series in India (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) Dec-Feb2012- Aus tour (4 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) 15 months, 17 tests, 45+ODIs!!

[ZodiaC]

This is absolutely fantanstic news. Thank you BCCI for not having a 60 day long IPL. The only flipside to this is that the 1st test in England starts on 21st July, 10 days after the final test in WI ends.:(( An extremely packed schedule for our team for the next 15 months now- Oct-Nov 2010 - NZ Series Dec-Jan 2012- SA tour (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) Feb-March 2011 - WC Apr-May 2011- IPL June-July 2011- WI tour (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) July-Sept 2011- Eng tour (4 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) October 2011- 5 ODIs vs Eng in India Nov-Dec 2011- WI series in India (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) Dec-Feb2012- Aus tour (4 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) 15 months, 17 tests, 45+ODIs!!

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[Sachin=GOD]

This is absolutely fantanstic news. Thank you BCCI for not having a 60 day long IPL. The only flipside to this is that the 1st test in England starts on 21st July, 10 days after the final test in WI ends.:(( An extremely packed schedule for our team for the next 15 months now- Oct-Nov 2010 - NZ Series Dec-Jan 2011- SA tour (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) Feb-March 2011 - WC Apr-May 2011- IPL June-July 2011- WI tour (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) July-Sept 2011- Eng tour (4 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) October 2011- 5 ODIs vs Eng in India Nov-Dec 2011- WI series in India (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) Dec-Feb2012- Aus tour (4 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) 15 months, 17 tests, 45+ODIs!!

So from July to Dec 2011 we play 6 tests, 10 ODIs and 2 T20 s against the West Indies:omg: and also, immediately after we come back from a tour of Eng where along with the Test matches, we play 5 ODIs, we've again got 5 ODIs against Eng the very next month.....very, very strange Future Tour Prgrammes.

[Sid]

BCCI rocks :yay: :((:((

[hari504504]

this means all the unadkats and umeshs will get their games...cause it would be a miracle if Zaheer,Sree and Ishant don't burn-out ..

[Laaloo]

Is it 5 odis? http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/current/story/489235.html

India's tour of the West Indies in 2011 includes one Twenty20 international, two ODIs and three Tests.

This mentions just 2 odis :hmmm:

[saneindian]

Is it 5 odis? http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/current/story/489235.html This mentions just 2 odis :hmmm:

It's 5 ODIs. Check this http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-india-2011/content/series/489197.html?template=fixtures

[Nirvanam]

This is absolutely fantanstic news. Thank you BCCI for not having a 60 day long IPL. The only flipside to this is that the 1st test in England starts on 21st July, 10 days after the final test in WI ends.:(( An extremely packed schedule for our team for the next 15 months now- Oct-Nov 2010 - NZ Series Dec-Jan 2011- SA tour (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) Feb-March 2011 - WC Apr-May 2011- IPL June-July 2011- WI tour (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) July-Sept 2011- Eng tour (4 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) October 2011- 5 ODIs vs Eng in India Nov-Dec 2011- WI series in India (3 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) Dec-Feb2012- Aus tour (4 tests, 5 ODIs and a t20) 15 months, 17 tests, 45+ODIs!!

We usually do 5 Test series in WI when we go there. Anyway, 17 Tests - You think Sachin and Rahul will call it a day in Feb 2012? They'll probably add another 1000 runs to their kitty and 5 and 3 cents respectively. Lax also might call it a day by then. I'd like BCCI to manage their retirements properly...but if they are playing well then they must play on till Aus 2012. I am expecting the following scorelines for the Test series' (first team India, second team Opp) - 2-1-0, 2-1-0, 2-1-1, 2-0-1, 2-1-1

[gult]

Great news and having tests after ODIs is good, as potential future test players can be picked from the ODI team.