Forde gets first Windies T20 call up for England series

West Indies have named seamer Matthew Forde in their T20 squad for the first time as part of a 15-man squad to face England in the first three matches of this month's five-game series, report agencies.
The 21-year-old Barbadian recently received his first ODI call-up for the three-match series against England which concludes later on Saturday.
All-rounder Sherfane Rutherford returns to the squad for the first time since January 2020, while Gudakesh Motie, who missed the India series in August through injury, is also included. Andre Russell has been named in West Indies' T20 set-up for the first time since the 2021 T20 World Cup, as part of a 15-man squad to face England in next week's five-match series in the Caribbean.
Russell, 35, has spent the past month in the UAE, where his Deccan Gladiators team lost to New York Strikers in the final of the Abu Dhabi T10 on Saturday. He will link up with the squad in Barbados this week, with the first T20 getting underway at Bridgetown on Tuesday.
This will be West Indies' last home T20 series in 2023 ahead of co-hosting the World Cup with the United States in June. "We have selected a squad that we think gives us the best chance of success in that tournament. We will continue to assess in the lead up to the competition," lead selector Desmond Haynes said ahead of the December 12 to 21 series.
Squad: Rovman Powell (Captain), Shai Hope (Vice-Captain), Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd.