WI v ENG 2019 : First T20I - Statistical Preview

All the major stats and facts ahead of the first T20I between West Indies and England in St Lucia.

Chris Gayle scored 424 runs in the just concluded ODI series against England (photo - AP)

West Indies and England will take on each other in the three T20Is series that starts at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia tonight.

West Indies have outplayed England so far as they beat the visitiors 2-1 in Test series and levelled the ODvisitors2-2 and will look to clinch the T20I series too. Chris Gayle who scored more than 400 runs in the ODI series, will once again be the trump card for West Indies and if he gives a good start then Windies can post or chase down any big score. Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer too are in good touch and will be eager to do the job in T20Is as well.

On the other hand, England will be disappointed after not winning the ODI series against a number 9 ranked team and have one final chance to finish the tour with a trophy. Their batsmen need to bat according to conditions and situations. They either post big totals or get bundled out for a mere score like we saw in the fourth and fifth ODI where they scored 418/6 and 113 respectively. Both the teams have balanced side and it's going to be a cracking series. 

Team News -

England have rested Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali for this T20I series and players like Dawid Malan, Sam Billings and David Willey might replace them in playing XI.

West Indies is playing with the same team which played in the five match ODI series and Jason Holder has been named captain only for this T20I series.

Probable XI -

West Indies - Chris Gayle, John Campbell, Shai Hope (wk), Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas and Fabien Allen. 

England - Alex Hales, Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Sam Billings (wk), Joe Denly, David Willey, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood. 

All the major stats and facts ahead of the first T20I between West Indies and England in St Lucia :

1. Head to Head - 

 Venue  T20I  Won by WI    Won by ENG    Tied   NR 
 West Indies     5  4  1  0  0
 England   7  4  3 0  0
 Neutral   3  3  0  0  0
 Overall   15  11  4  0  0

2 - England have won both the T20Is they played (in WT20 2010) at Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia. They beat New Zealand by 3 wickets and Sri Lanka by 7 wickets during WT20 2010. 

5 - Chris Gayle needs 5 more runs to go past Marlon Samuels' tally of 1611 runs and become leading run scorer for West Indies in T20I cricket.

10 - Jason Holder will become the 10th player to captain West Indies in T20I cricket. 

12.83 - Shimron Hetmyer averages only 12.83 in this format and has scored only 77 runs in 8 T20Is.

17 - England have won 17 T20Is under the captaincy of Eoin Morgan and with one more win he will become the most successful captain of England in this format. Currently, both Eoin Morgan and Paul Collingwood have 17 wins each as captain. 

200 - Alex Hales needs 5 more sixes to complete 200 sixes in the T20 format. He has hit 195 sixes in 199 T20 matches. 

389 - Chris Gayle has scored 389 runs at an average of 38.90 in 11 T20Is against England with one hundred and two fifties.

 
 

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 05 Mar, 2019

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