WI v ENG 2019 : Third Test - Statistical Preview

All the major stats and facts ahead of the third and final Test between West Indies and England in St Lucia.

West Indies are leading 2-0 in the three Tests series against England (photo - getty)

Having won the series, West Indies will be eyeing to complete the whitewash of England when they take on the visitors in the third and final Test at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia that starts tonight.

West Indies have been excellent in this series especially their pacers who have bowled out England for fewer than 200 runs in three of four innings. In batting West Indies batsmen couldn't score big hundreds but almost all of them are contributing substantially.

On the other hand, England needs to pull their things back and first of all they need to pick a playing eleven according to pitch and conditions and captain Joe Root has to take responsibility who has scored only 40 runs across four innings in this series so far. 

Team News -

West Indies - Jason Holder is suspended for this Test due to slow over-rate offense and Keemo Paul might replace him and Kraigg Braithwaite will be captain.

England - Ben Foakes has been dropped for Keaton Jennings and Jonny Bairstow will keep. Mark Wood might replace Sam Curran who has been ineffective in this series.

Probable XI :

West Indies - Kraigg Brathwaite (c), John Campbell, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Dowrich (wk), Keemo Paul, Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph and Shannon Gabriel

England - Rory Burns, Keaton Jennings, Joe Denly, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood and James Anderson

All the major stats and facts ahead of the third and final  Test between West Indies and England in St Lucia :

1. Head to Head -

 Venue   Mat   Won by WI   Won by ENG   Drawn   Tied 
 West Indies   70  27  14  29  0
 England   86  30  34  22  0
 Overall  156   57  48  51  0

1 - West Indies have won only one of the six Tests they played at Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium, St Lucia. Their only win came against Bangladesh in September 2014. 

4 - West Indies have won 4 of their last 6 Tests against England and at home, they have lost only 1 Test against England in the last 10 years. 

13 - Shannon Gabriel took 13 wickets in the last Test match he played at St Lucia (against Sri Lanka in June 2018) with career best bowling figures of 8/62. 

29 - Number of consecutive innings without a Test hundred for Shai Hope. Since his twin hundreds against England in Leeds Test in 2017 he hasn't scored a Test hundred.

40 - Joe Root has scored only 40 runs across 4 innings of this Test series so far. His scores read 4, 22, 7 and 7. 

48 - England hasn't had 100+ runs opening partnership since January 2017 and in 48 innings. Their last 100+ runs opening partnership came against India in Chennai Test in December 2016. 

79 - James Anderson has taken 79 wickets against West Indies in Tests and needs 8 more wickets to go past Fred Trueman's tally of 86 wickets and become leading wicket taker for England against West Indies in Tests.

 
 

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 09 Feb, 2019

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