[1][2][3] Ahead of the Test series, the West Indies played first-class warm-up matches against Derbyshire, Essex and Kent.

[4] In October 2016 the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that the first Test at Edgbaston would be played as a day/night game.

[5] Tom Harrison, chief executive of the ECB, said that "we are excited by the prospect of staging our first ever day-night Test match".

[16] Sam Billings was added to the England squad ahead of the fourth ODI,[22] and Dawid Malan before the fifth, following the arrest of Ben Stokes and his and Alex Hales's subsequent suspension.

[23] Carlos Brathwaite was added to the West Indies' squad for the fifth ODI as a replacement for Jason Holder who went home to attend a funeral.