Both Pakistan and West Indies have a chance to improve their recent ODI record
Shiva Jayaraman20-Feb-20156 World Cup games West Indies have won against Pakistan out of the nine played between them so far. In the last ten games between the sides, however, the contest has been more even with Pakistan winning five and West Indies four, and one match ending in a tie.8 Matches Pakistan have won out of the last ten ODIs against West Indies while chasing a total. In the last 10 ODIs against top eight sides in which they have batted second, Pakistan have been most successful against West Indies.5-13 Pakistan’s win-loss record against the top ODI teams since 2014. Their win-loss ratio of 0.38 is only better than Zimbabwe’s, who have lost 12 of their 13 games since 2014. West Indies have done slightly better against the Test teams, having won seven of their 17 matches.
Team Mat Won Lost Tied NR W/LAustralia 24 18 5 0 1 3.6South Africa 25 17 7 0 1 2.42New Zealand 27 16 7 1 2 2.28India 28 14 11 1 2 1.27Sri Lanka 38 20 17 0 1 1.17West Indies 17 7 10 0 0 0.7England 31 10 20 0 0 0.5Bangladesh 17 5 11 0 1 0.45Pakistan 18 5 13 0 0 0.38Zimbabwe 13 1 12 0 0 0.08-12.81 The difference between Pakistan’s batting and bowling averages in ODIs since 2014 – the second highest among teams. Only Zimbabwe have let their batting and bowling averages drift apart in the wrong directions by a greater extent. Pakistan are the only team in this World Cup with a bowling average of greater than 40 and a batting average that has stayed below 30. West Indies are not far behind, with a negative difference of 5.83.
Team bat runs wkts lost bat ave runs conc wkts taken bow_ave ave diffZimbabwe 3698 155 23.85 4639 125 37.11 -13.25Pakistan 4638 167 27.77 4870 120 40.58 -12.81West Indies 4520 146 30.95 4746 129 36.79 -5.83Afghanistan 4158 151 27.53 4370 135 32.37 -4.83England 6972 244 28.57 7473 226 33.06 -4.49Ireland 1864 69 27.01 2006 70 28.65 -1.64 UAE 1981 57 34.75 2062 58 35.55 -0.79Bangladesh 4012 146 27.47 4042 145 27.87 -0.39Sri Lanka 9453 298 31.72 9638 301 32.01 -0.29Scotland 2464 86 28.65 2150 80 26.87 1.77India 7030 194 36.23 6534 218 29.97 6.26Australia 6133 170 36.07 5577 194 28.74 7.32New Zealand 6799 174 39.07 6329 204 31.02 8.05South Africa 6538 153 42.73 5650 217 26.03 16.697 Number of wickets West Indies’ bowlers have taken during the batting Powerplay in 14 innings – the least among the top teams in ODIs since 2014. They have conceded an average of 65 runs per wicket during these overs. Their economy of 6.59 in the Powerplay is also among the worst. In comparison, Pakistan are the most economical bowling unit in these overs with an economy of 5.35 and 18 wickets at an average of 26.11.61 Runs Chris Gayle has scored against Pakistan in his last five innings against them. He has hit only eight boundaries in the 105 deliveries he faced in these five games. Gayle is going through a lean patch with 18 ODI innings since his last hundred – against Sri Lanka in 2013. Since then, he has scored 270 runs at an average of 15, including a solitary fifty against Bangladesh.
Batsman Inns Runs Ave SR 100s 50s CH Gayle 33 940 28.48 85.84 3 3 MN Samuels 15 565 47.08 59.59 2 1 LMP Simmons 14 536 41.23 78.36 0 6 DM Bravo 11 241 21.9 58.07 0 2 DJG Sammy 10 146 20.85 87.95 0 09 Fifties Misbah-ul-Haq has hit against West Indies in 15 ODI innings. Misbah has scored 684 runs at an average of 76.00 against them. Umar Akmal, too, has done well against West Indies with 287 runs in nine innings at an average of 57.40 and a strike rate of 105.12.
Batsman Inns Runs Ave SR 100s 50s Misbah-ul-Haq 15 684 76 68.46 0 9 Shahid Afridi 36 625 18.38 93.42 0 4 Younis Khan 15 432 28.8 65.75 1 1 Umar Akmal 9 287 57.4 105.12 0 1 Ahmed Shehzad 10 258 25.8 59.31 1 1 Nasir Jamshed 6 175 29.16 59.72 0 29 Number of fifty-plus scores by West Indies top-order batsmen (No. 1 to No. 3) – equals the least by any of the top teams in ODIs since 2014. Zimbabwe also have nine fifty-plus scores from their top-three batsmen but have played one match less.8.18 Pakistan’s economy in the last ten overs in ODIs since 2014. Among teams in this World Cup, only Zimbabwe leak runs at a faster rate, at an economy of 8.75 runs an over. Even in their last game in which Pakistan bowled excellently in the last five overs, they had conceded 56 runs between overs 41 to 45 for an overall economy of 8.3 in the last ten overs. Pakistan will be up against a team with the second-best scoring rate in the last ten overs: West Indies’ scoring rate of 8.51 in these overs is second only to New Zealand’s 8.84 in ODIs since 2014.