Barbados to host West Indies' first Twenty20

Barbados's Kensington Oval will be the venue for the historic first Twenty20 International in the Caribbean. The 115-year-old ground will host the match when the West Indies meet Australia on June 21 under lights.

The floodlights at Kensington Oval are yet to be installed but two months ago, Miles Weekes, who is working under a contract with Kensington Oval Management Inc, the company formed to market, operate and maintain the facility said: "We are looking to have them in place by January."

In the fixtures unveiled by the West Indies Cricket Board on Friday, it also showed that Barbados will be hosting the third Test of the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy Series from June 12-16. There will also be an ODI at the 3Ws Oval of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of West Indies when the Vice-Chancellor's XI face the visitors.

Australia arrive in the region on May 12 and will play three Tests and five ODIs. Apart from Kensington, the other Tests will be at Sabina Park, Jamaica and Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua. Before then, Sri Lanka will be in the Caribbean for two Tests - in Guyana and Trinidad - and three ODIs. The third ODI on April 16 will be at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia and will be a day/nighter.