England v Windies, 2017: 1st ODI – Statistical Highlights

Windies missed out on their final chance to secure direct qualification for the 2019 World Cup after losing the first game of the 5-match ODI series against England. Whereas they needed to win a minimum of four games with none going against them. Chris Gayle couldn’t last long in his first ODI appearance after two years as Windies finished at 204/9 due in the restricted 42 overs after a delayed start. An unbeaten century from adopted opener Jonny Bairstow helped England chase down the target in just 30.5 overs for the loss of three wickets.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

4 – Number of times Jonny Bairstow has batted in reduced ODI matches. He has scored 253 runs without getting dismissed in these four games with a strike rate of 123.41.

17 – Shai Hope has double digits scores in each of his 17 ODI innings so far. These are the joint 2nd most consecutive innings from debut in ODI cricket where a batsman got into double digits. Mark Taylor also has double digits in his first 17 innings while Michael Bevan holds the record with 19.

18y 8d – Chris Gayle’s ODI career is spanned across 18 years and 8 days. He is the first player from Windies and the 10th overall to have an ODI career lasting over 18 years. Marlon Samuels’ ODI career of 16 years and 350 days is the 2nd longest among West Indians.

33 – Number of fifty-plus scores in ODI cricket for Joe Root so far. Since his ODI debut, only three players have more fifty-plus scores in the format. Virat Kohli has 40 scores of 50+ while AB de Villiers and Kane Williamson have 35 each.

60.56 – Bairstow’s batting average in List A cricket while opening the batting. He has scored 545 runs in 10 innings including this game at a strike rate of 104.

1999 – The last instance of an opener before Bairstow scoring an ODI century at Manchester was Saeed Anwar in 1999 against New Zealand. Overall, this is only the 11th individual century in the 45 ODIs at the Manchester.

913 – Number of days after which Chris Gayle featured in an ODI game. His last ODI appearance before this game was in the CWC 2015 quarter-finals against New Zealand.

1036 – Runs Chris Gayle has aggregated in ODIs against England. He is the 3rd player after Vivian Richards (1619) and Desmond Haynes (1185) to score 1000 runs in England-Windies ODI matches.