ICC World Cup 2019: Match 23, Windies vs Bangladesh – Statistical Preview

Bangladesh and Windies have three points in their kitty after having played four matches in the tournament. Both began with victories but lost two of their next three with another game ending without a result. Bangladesh went down by a big margin against England a week ago while the next game against Sri Lanka got abandoned. Windies too got a similar taste against England in the last game as they were bundled out for only 212 runs.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of the crucial face-off between Bangladesh and Windies:

0 – Windies and Bangladesh faced off four times in the World Cup with the team from the Caribbean winning on three instances (1999, 2007 and 2011) while the fixture in the 2003 edition ended without a result.

2 – Number of ODI matches that the Windies have won in the last 11 years in England. They played 16 ODIs in England since the start of 2009 out of which they lost in 11. Two matches ended without a result while another game ended in a Tie.

4 – Bangladesh won each of their last four ODI matches against the Windies. The Bangla tigers defeated the Caribbean side seven times in nine ODI meetings since the start of 2018.

5 – As many as five players in the current Bangladesh line-up have a batting average of 40+ in ODI cricket against the Windies. Mahmudullah averages 55.11 having scored 496 runs in 17 innings with four fifties while Soumya Sarkar aggregated 298 in six innings with four fifties at an average of 49.66. Mushfiqur Rahim (46.26), Shakib Al Hasan (45.92) and Tamim Iqbal (40.22) are the other three Bangla players with 40+ ODI average against Windies.

24.5 – Tamim Iqbal has a batting average of 24.5 in ODIs in 2019; his lowest ODI average in a calendar year since the 21.66 in 2007. Tamim scored 245 runs in ten ODI innings this year with two half-centuries. His ODI average in previous four calendar years read 45 and more – 46.37 in 2015, 45.22 in 2016, 64.60 in 2017, 85.50 in 2018.

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30 – Mashrafe Mortaza and Kemar Roach are the leading wicket-takers in the Bangladesh-Windies ODI matches. Both the pacers have taken 30 wickets apiece with Mortaza featuring in 18 games while Roach in 19.

94.57 – Shai Hope has a batting average of 94.57 in ODIs against Bangladesh. Hope has scored 662 runs across nine ODI innings against Bangladesh with help of three centuries and three fifties.

100 – The game against Bangladesh will be the 100th ODI appearance for the Windies captain Jason Holder. The keeper-batsman Shai Hope will also complete 100 International appearances for the Caribbean team in this game.

800 – Tamim Iqbal (885) and Mushfiqur Rahim (879) are the leading run-getters in Bangladesh-Windies ODIs. Both the player featured in 25 ODIs against the Windies with Tamim scoring two centuries and six fifties while Mushfiqur smashing seven half-centuries.