Talksport to broadcast England's tour of West Indies

The network have obtained exclusive rights to England's five T20Is, scheduled to be played between January 22 and January 30, and three Test matches, scheduled for March

Talksport have obtained exclusive rights to broadcast England’s upcoming white and red-ball series against West Indies.

England are scheduled to face West Indies in five T20Is between January 22 and January 30 followed by a three-match Test series in March.

All five T20Is are due to be played at Barbados’ Kensington Oval. The first Test (March 8-12) is scheduled to take place at Antigua’s Sir Vivian Richards Stadium before the series returns to the Kensington Oval (March 16-20) and finally Grenada’s National Cricket Stadium (March 24-28).

Talksport has previously provided radio coverage for England’s tours of Sri Lanka (2018), West India (2019), South Africa (2019/20) and India (2021).

^{Danielle Hazell [Stu Forster/Getty Images], Steve Harmison [Chris Brunskill/Getty Images], and Gareth Batty [James Chance/Getty Images] will feature on Talksport's coverage}

Steve Harmison, Danielle Hazell, Mark Butcher, Alex Tudor and Gareth Batty are among the former players confirmed for the commentary line-up alongside Talksport cricket editor Jon Norman and broadcasters Mark Nicholas, Barry Wilkinson, Jarrod Kimber, Andrew McKenna and Neil Manthorp.

Head of Talksport, Lee Clayton, said: "Talksport covered England’s last tour of the West Indies in 2019 and since then we have continued to expand our award-winning international cricket coverage, to include other international series too such as New Zealand versus India and West Indies versus Ireland.

"England’s tour of the West Indies will be a big one for cricket fans and our top team will bring all the preview, analysis and live action for our listeners."