BRIS­TOL – West In­dies will be bol­stered by the ad­di­tion of left-arm spin­ner Akeal Ho­sein for the sec­ond T20I against Eng­land on Sun­day.

Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) an­nounced on Sat­ur­day that Ho­sein, the num­ber two ranked T2o bowler in the world, will join the squad on Sun­day morn­ing ahead of the match in Bris­tol, Eng­land.

The 32-year-old Trinida­di­an missed out Fri­day’s open­er, which West In­dies lost by 21 runs, af­ter fail­ing to meek UK visa re­quire­ments.

Ho­sein along with Jyd Goolie failed to se­cure the nec­es­sary doc­u­men­ta­tion fol­low­ing up­dat­ed UK visa en­try re­quire­ments for Trinidad and To­ba­go cit­i­zens, which came in­to ef­fect on April 23 and May 12, 2025.

While Goolie will miss out on the en­tire tour af­ter be­ing un­able to se­cure the re­quired visa waiv­er, Ho­sein was al­lowed en­try af­ter CWI made for­mal ef­forts to ex­pe­dite the visa process.

CMC