England set for West Indies series after Ashes and T20 World Cup disappointment

England's 4-0 Ashes defeat may have only ended on Sunday morning, but they are already back in action from Saturday evening.

Their white-ball team are set to play a five-match Twenty20 series against West Indies in Barbados and will be looking to put smiles back on faces after a difficult winter.

England will be without their Ashes players, giving others the opportunity to impress with another T20 World Cup taking place in October and November in Australia.

Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood are all unavailable having played in Australia, while Sam and Tom Curran are both missing through injury.

England are still without Jofra Archer, although the 26-year-old has travelled over to Barbados to continue his rehabilitation from elbow surgery.

England, who are ranked number one in the world in T20 cricket, do have opener Jason Roy and left-arm quick Tymal Mills available again, after both sustained injuries in October and November's T20 World Cup, where England were eliminated by New Zealand in the semi-finals.

There are four players who have yet to play T20 cricket for England in the 17-man squad: Yorkshire batter Harry Brook, Sussex all-rounder George Garton, Gloucestershire left-armer David Payne and Lancashire opener Phil Salt, though he has appeared in three one-day internationals.

All could feature at some stage, while Somerset opener Tom Banton, Hampshire captain James Vince and Lancashire's Saqib Mahmood are likely to play throughout and be given the opportunity to press their claims for a more regular spot.

Sam Billings, who made his Test debut in the final Ashes Test, has joined up with the squad as planned, after flights to Sydney, Los Angeles and Miami.

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