In the nineteenth match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, hosts England will take on West Indies at The Rose Bowl in Southampton today.
England have two wins from three matches and will seek to continue winning momentum against West Indies. Their entire batting line-up is in good form and each of the top six batsmen have got at least one fifty plus score and Jason Roy, Joe Root and Jos Buttler have got hundreds as well but bowling is still not at it's best as Chris Woakes is struggling for line - length, Jofra Archer is bit inconsistent and Mark Wood isn't 100 percent fit. Though Liam Plunkett and Ben Stokes have done well so far and team will hope that they will continue to do the job and other bowlers too will come good.
On the other hand, West Indies have one win from three matches and to remain in the race of top four they need to win this match. They have played good cricket so far as they beat Pakistan with ease and against Australia they lost in the last over and were in a good position in the no result game against South Africa. West Indies also have a good batting line up but they need to bat according to situation and should aim for big scores. Shai Hope, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Darren Bravo and Nicholas Pooran all are capable of playing big innings. In the bowling the new ball pair of Sheldon Cottrell and Oshane Thomas is the key and they will attack England with their pace and bounce. Jason Holder and Andre Russell too have supported them very well.
All the major stats and facts ahead of match nineteen between England and West Indies in Southampton
Head to Head in ODIs -
Matches - 101
England won - 51
West Indies won - 44
No results - 6
4 - Chris Gayle has scored 50 plus runs in each of his last 4 ODI innings against England and all 4 innings came this year in March at home. His scores read (most recent first) - 77, 162, 50 and 135.
5 - England have won 5 of the 6 matches they played against West Indies in ODI World Cups and haven't lost a match since World Cup 1979 final.
10 - England have won 10 of the 17 ODIs they played at The Rose Bowl in Southampton while West Indies have won 2 of the 6 ODIs they played here.
50 - Mark Wood needs 3 more wickets to complete 50 wickets in ODI cricket.
58.66 - Joe Root's ODI batting average against West Indies. He has scored 704 runs at this average in 14 innings with 3 hundreds and fifties each.
610 - Eoin Morgan has scored 610 runs at an average of 76.25 in 12 ODI innings with 2 hundreds and fifties each at The Rose Bowl in Southampton.
1000 - Shimron Hetmyer needs 73 more runs to achieve the milestone of 1000 ODI runs.
1596 - Chris Gayle has scored 1596 runs against England in ODIs and needs 24 more runs to go past Viv Richards' tally of 1619 runs and become leading run getter for West Indies against England in ODIs.
