Is England vs West Indies on TV? Start time, channel and how to watch first Test

After a disastrous Ashes that caused plenty of navel-gazing at the ECB, England head to the Caribbean to try and repair their tattered Test reputation in a three-match series against West Indies.

England will face West Indies in the first Test in Antigua with Joe Root as captain

The first of those Tests comes at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua where Joe Root - now batting at No 3 - will skipper a side lacking confidence but desperate for a shot in the arm.

England can’t be accused of not reacting to the Ashes embarrassment that saw them thumped 4-0 with barely a whimper, as head coach Chris Silverwood and men’s director of cricket Ashley Giles have both gone, while senior bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson have been dropped amid a number of player casualties that also sees Haseeb Hameed, Rory Burns and Dawid Malan added to the pile of discarded top-order options.

Paul Collingwood has taken on the temporary role of coach as they search for a more permanent replacement, Sir Andrew Strauss is the new managing director and while Root was considered lucky to hold on to the captaincy by some, the sheer dearth of other viable options to take the armband - and the fact the Yorkshireman is England’s sole undeniably world-class Test player - meant those in charge were left with little choice.

Perhaps not quite a new era but against a West Indies side in red-ball disarray themselves after being trounced by Sri Lanka on the sub-continent last time out, it’s a golden opportunity for England to at least regain some lost momentum.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the first Test.

When is the game?

The five-day Test match will run from Tuesday, 8 March to Saturday, 12 March at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium,