England vs West Indies ODI series

England vs West Indies

West Indies need to win the 5 match ODI series by a margin of 5-0 or 4-0 with a Tie/No result for direct qualification for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
West Indies played 5 match ODI series with India recently, where India won the series with 3-1. West Indies won the single match T20 series vs India in that tour and now they won again a single T20 match series vs England.
They lost the Test series against England in this Tour. But they the T20 and now they want a 5-0 win for qualification for the global event.
West Indies vs England ODI series starts from 19th september to 29th september. Today is the first ODI between England and West Indies at Manchester, Old Trafford.

Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow get chance to prove his strength in the first ODI. This is confirmed that he will play today in the first ODI replacing Jason Roy in the opening order. Jason Roy who is suffering from poor form, only scored 51 runs in his last 8 ODI innings. Bairstow had not opened for England before Champions Trophy 2017 semi-final against Pakistan. Bairstow played only 27 ODI matches in six years.

Teams

England:

Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler(w), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Tom Curran, David Willey, Jake Ball, Liam Plunkett

West Indies:

Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Kyle Hope, Marlon Samuels, Shai Hope(w), Jason Mohammed, Sunil Ambris, Jason Holder(c), Rovman Powell, Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Alzarri Joseph, Kesrick Williams, Miguel Cummins, Jerome Taylor