All the major stats and facts ahead of the first ODI between West Indies and England in Barbados.
After an outstanding Test series win, West Indies will look to carry their winning momentum into five-match ODI series against number one ranked side England that starts tonight at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados tonight.
Though West Indies outplayed England in the three Tests series in ODIs England is a better team in limited overs format and given these two team's recent form and last two years record England is a firm favorite to clinch the series.
England's strength is their batting depth and their strong batting line up is capable of putting big runs on the board. On the other hand, West Indies' have been disappointing in this format for the last a few years and they have failed to put up a collective performance despite having good players like Shai Hope, Jason Holder, Kemar Roach etc. Though the return of Chris Gayle will boost their confidence a bit and if he fires then West Indies might surprise England in this format too.
Team News -
West Indies - Chris Gayle is making his come back after missing ODI series against India and Bangladesh. Nicholas Pooran might make his ODI debut.
England - Alex Hales might sit out and Jason Roy will open with Jonny Bairstow. Chris Woakes too will make his comeback after missing the Test series due to injury.
Probable XI -
West Indies - Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Shai Hope (wk), Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Oshane Thomas, Kemar Roach, and Alzarri Joseph
England - Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunk, tt and Mark Wood
All the major stats and facts ahead of the first ODI between West Indies and England in Barbados :
Head to Head -
| Venue | ODIs | Won by WI | Won by ENG | Tied | NR |
| West Indies | 39 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| England | 39 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Neutral | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 96 | 42 | 49 | 0 | 5 |
9 - England have won 9 of their last 10 bilateral ODI series and away from their last ODI series defeat came against India in India in January 2017.
54 - Joe Root needs 54 more runs to complete 5000 runs in ODI cricket. He will be the 4th England player after Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan and Paul Collingwood to achieve this milestone.
70.0 - Joe Root's ODI batting average against England. He has scored 560 runs in just 10 innings with 2 hundreds and 3 fifties.
186 - England beat West Indies by 186 runs when these two sides met in an ODI match at this venue (Barbados) in March 2017. Alex Hales and Joe Root scores hundreds in that match.
503 - Chris Gayle has scored 503 runs at an average of 45.72 in 11 ODI innings at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados with 1 hundred and 3 fifties.
2000 - All rounder Ben Stokes (1963) needs 37 more runs to achieve the milestone of 2000 ODI runs.
2014 - West Indies have not won an ODI series since September 2014 ( 3-0 vs Bangladesh at home). Since then they have lost/drawn 17 bilateral ODI series.