BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

English cricket authorities yesterday confirmed that England will play four Tests and five One-Day Internationals on their tour of the Caribbean next year.

England, ranked No. 4 in the International Cricket Council rankings, are scheduled to arrive in Barbados on January 21 next year and will play two warm-up matches before heading to Sabina Park in Jamaica for the opening Test from February 4-8.

Second Test

The second Test will be staged at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua from February 13-17 before the teams head back to Barbados for the third Test at Kensington Oval starting February 26.

Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) will be the scene of the final Test which bowls off March 6 at the Queen's Park Oval.

Following the lone Twenty20 match in T&T, the teams will head to Guyana for an ODI double header on March 20 and 22 at the national stadium at Providence.

Barbados will host the next two ODIs on March 27 and 29 before St Lucia's Beausejour Stadium brings the curtain down on the tour with the final match, a day/night encounter, on April 3.

Itinerary:

January 21: England team arrive - Barbados

January 25-27: Three-day practice match - Barbados

January 29-31: First-class match - Barbados

February 4-8: 1st Test, Sabina Park - Jamaica

February 13-17: 2nd Test, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua

February 21-22: Two-day match, Barbados

February 26-March 2: 3rd Test, Kensington Oval - Barbados

March 6-10: 4th Test, Queen's Park Oval - Trinidad

March 14: One-day practice match - Trinidad

March 15: Twenty20 International, Queen's Park Oval - Trinidad

March 20: 1st ODI, National Stadium - Guyana

March 22: 2nd ODI, National Stadium - Guyana

March 27: 3rd ODI, Kensington Oval - Barbados

March 29: 4th ODI, Kensington Oval - Barbados

April 3: 5th ODI (day/night), Beausejour Stadium - St Lucia

April 4: England depart.