{"id":980,"date":"2014-08-11T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2014-08-11T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T15:01:59","slug":"barbados-to-host-3rd-test-west-indies-vs-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/barbados-to-host-3rd-test-west-indies-vs-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados to host 3rd Test: West Indies vs England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbados.org\/kensington_oval.htm\">Kensington Oval<\/a>, Barbados will host the final Test of the West Indies vs England series in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The match will be held <strong>May 1st to 5th 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kensington Oval is historically a favorite ground of many English cricket fans, and I fully expect that the Saint George&#8217;s Cross will once again be flying prominently in the stands around the Oval.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-653\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cricket-at-kensington-oval-barbados.jpg\" alt=\"Cricket at Kensington Oval, Barbados; no not at Lords :)\" width=\"480\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cricket-at-kensington-oval-barbados.jpg 480w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cricket-at-kensington-oval-barbados-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The full tour schedule is:<\/p>\n<p>April 6-7: First warm up game &#8211; Warner Park, St Kitts<\/p>\n<p>April 8-9: Second warm up &#8211; Warner Park, St Kitts<\/p>\n<p>April 13-17: First Test &#8211; Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds, Antigua<\/p>\n<p>April 21-25: Second Test &#8211; Grenada National Stadium, Grenada<\/p>\n<p>May 1-5: Third Test \u2013 Kensington Oval, Barbados<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_959\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-959\" class=\"size-full wp-image-959\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/kensington-oval-barbados.jpg\" alt=\"Kensington Oval, Barbados\" width=\"570\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/kensington-oval-barbados.jpg 570w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/kensington-oval-barbados-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kensington Oval, Barbados<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tour packages are available from several sports tour operators, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howzattravel.co.uk\/Tours\/West-Indies-2015\/England-Cricket-Tour-to-West-Indies-v-England-2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">Howzat Travel<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thomsonsport.com\/event\/barmy-army-tour-west-indies-2015\" target=\"_blank\">Thomson Sport<\/a>. This is particularly convenient if you are planning to travel through the islands to watch several matches.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can make your own travel arrangements with a local travel agent or booking online. <a href=\"http:\/\/barbados.org\/stay.htm\">Find somewhere to stay in Barbados.<\/a> <em>(Note that tickets are not yet available through the West Indies Cricket Board or the Barbados Cricket Association.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kensington Oval, Barbados will host the final Test of the West Indies vs England series in 2015!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,32],"tags":[13,33,251,252],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}