Statistical Preview of the 2016 tri-series in West Indies

Published - 02 Jun 2016, 21:27 IST | Updated - 02 Jun 2016, 21:27 IST

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The ODI format is set to resume after a gap of a few months as the focus was just on the Twenty20s with the World T20 in March-April and the IPL closely following it. This year as West Indies gets ready to host the ODI tri-series against Australia and South Africa. It also marks West Indies’ debut in hosting a complete International series under lights. With just a day left for the series to start, here we look at stats, approaching milestones for the players and many more.

0 – West Indies participated in 3 ODI tournaments which were hosted by West Indies; 2 tri-series and a World Cup. West Indies failed to win even in one of those 3 tournaments.

1 – This is the first non-ICC event which includes West Indies, Australia and South Africa in a same ODI tournament.

1 – Marlon Samuels need 1 more six to become 4th West Indian to hit 100 sixes in ODI cricket.

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2 – Jason Holder need 2 more wickets to complete 50 wickets in ODI cricket.

3 – Number of Day/Night ODI matches hosted by West Indies prior to this series. 1st one in 2006 where West Indies defeated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets, 2nd in 2008 between WI and Sri Lanka which was washed out and last one was in 2014 in which WI defeated Bangladesh by 91 runs. This tri-series will have 9 league games and a final and all the matches will be played under lights.

5 – AB de Villiers needs to play in 5 more games to become 5th South African to represent them in 200 games in ODI cricket.

6 – The upcoming tri-series will be 6th ODI tournament on West Indies soil. First was WI-Pak-Zim tri-series in 2000, Associate tri-series in 2006 and 2007, ICC World Cup in 2007 and the WI-India-SL tri-series in 2013.

8 – Number of ODI tournaments including West Indies, Australia and South Africa. All of those are ICC events. Australia won 6 of them while West Indies and South Africa managed to win one each.

8 – Imran Tahir need 8 wickets to become first South African spinner to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket.

10 – Mitchell Starc need 10 wickets to complete 100 wickets in ODI cricket. If he takes 6 or lesser games for those 10 wickets, he will be the fastest to complete 100 wickets in ODI cricket.

11 – AB de Villiers needs 11 sixes to become 1st South African and 6th player overall to hit 300 sixes in International cricket.

16 – AB de Villiers needs 16 sixes to become 1st South African and 5th player in overall to hit 200 sixes in ODI cricket.

16 – AB de Villiers needs 16 sixes to overhaul Ricky Ponting sixes as captain in International cricket. Ricky Ponting holds the record for the most sixes (125 sixes) as a captain in Intl cricket. Among the active players, MS Dhoni has 121 while AB de Villiers has 108.

66– Faf du Plessis needs to score 66 more runs to complete 3000 runs in ODI cricket.

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76 – DeneshRamdin needs to score 76 more runs to complete 2000 runs in ODI cricket.

127 – James Faulkner needs to score 126 more runs to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket.

130 – Mitchell Marsh needs to score 130 more runs to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket.

140 – RileeRossouw needs to score 140 more runs to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket.

194 – Marlon Samuels needs to score 194 more runs to become 10th West Indian to complete 5000 runs in ODI cricket.

Now we look at each team’s record in the format against the remaining two teams.

Head to head-

West Indies:

Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	W/L Ratio	Highest Total	Lowest Total
vs Australia	135	59	70	3	3	0.842	313/9	70/10
vs South Africa	58	13	43	1	1	0.302	304/2	54/10

Australia:

Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	W/L Ratio	Highest Total	Lowest Total
vs West Indies	135	70	59	3	3	1.186	341/8	91/10
vs South Africa	88	46	39	3	0	1.179	434/4	93/10

South Africa:

Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	W/L Ratio	Highest Total	Lowest Total
vs West Indies	58	43	13	1	1	3.307	439/2	152/10
vs Australia	88	39	46	3	0	0.847	438/9	69/10

Leading run getters:

West Indians vs South Africa and Australia:

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0
BC Lara	85	84	6	3072	139	39.38	74.43	6	21	4
DL Haynes	72	72	9	2488	148	39.49	63.13	6	15	5
S Chanderpaul	65	64	6	2442	150	42.1	68.76	1	18	2
IVA Richards	54	50	7	2187	153*	50.86	84.63	3	20	1
CL Hooper	64	60	6	1851	110*	34.27	77.41	3	11	3
CH Gayle	63	63	3	1733	152*	28.88	85.91	3	7	4

Australians vs West Indies and South Africa:

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0
RT Ponting	93	93	5	3354	164	38.11	80.41	4	25	8
ME Waugh	89	86	5	2819	173	34.8	73.73	5	16	6
SR Waugh	97	92	15	2695	120*	35	75.7	2	17	4
MG Bevan	64	56	16	1977	106	49.42	76.92	2	12	1
AR Border	76	74	9	1889	127*	29.06	68.74	1	10	4
AC Gilchrist	69	66	2	1862	105	29.09	83.05	2	11	4

South Africans vs West Indies and Australia:

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0
JH Kallis	87	87	9	3305	139	42.37	75.73	5	25	1
AB de Villiers	44	42	7	2408	162*	68.8	106.17	6	14	0
HH Gibbs	73	73	4	2398	175	34.75	82.91	8	5	5
JN Rhodes	80	77	17	2258	83*	37.63	77.54	0	12	4
WJ Cronje	56	53	8	1980	112	44	76.03	2	14	4
GC Smith	46	46	1	1584	119*	35.2	82.28	2	11	1

Leading wicket takers:

West Indians vs South Africa and Australia:

Player	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ
CEL Ambrose	57	511.3	60	76	5/17	24.22	3.59
CL Hooper	64	476.3	12	63	4/52	34.58	4.57
J Garner	34	310.4	42	54	5/31	19.92	3.46
MA Holding	35	331.1	30	52	5/26	22.78	3.57
MD Marshall	41	374	33	49	4/18	29.08	3.81
DJ Bravo	44	289.2	6	43	3/40	41.62	6.18

Australians vs West Indies and South Africa:

Player	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ
SK Warne	72	661.2	52	110	5/33	25.11	4.17
GD McGrath	71	625	76	94	5/14	24.53	3.68
B Lee	46	406.5	37	89	5/22	22.53	4.93
CJ McDermott	49	422.4	35	80	4/34	21.27	4.02
PR Reiffel	51	432.2	45	60	4/13	27.1	3.76
SR Waugh	97	404.2	16	49	3/31	36.2	4.38

South Africans vs West Indies and Australia:

Player	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ
SM Pollock	77	670.4	84	99	6/35	26.16	3.86
JH Kallis	87	507.2	20	75	5/30	33.7	4.98
AA Donald	46	407.5	20	66	4/29	26.33	4.26
M Ntini	42	363.3	36	65	6/22	27.6	4.93
DW Steyn	33	285.5	13	57	4/27	25.29	5.04
M Morkel	28	243.1	11	51	5/21	25.76	5.4

Best fielders: (Including wicket keepers)

West Indians vs South Africa and Australia:

Player	Mat	Dismissals	Catches	Stumpings	Catches as Keeper	Catches as Fielder
PJL Dujon	47	48	41	7	41	0
D Ramdin	26	35	35	0	35	0
RD Jacobs	38	34	30	4	30	0
BC Lara	85	30	30	0	0	30
CL Hooper	64	27	27	0	0	27
CH Gayle	63	22	22	0	0	22

Australians vs West Indies and South Africa:

Player	Mat	Dismissals	Catches	Stumpings	Catches as Keeper	Catches as Fielder
AC Gilchrist	69	106	93	13	93	0
IA Healy	62	81	67	14	67	0
BJ Haddin	26	45	42	3	42	0
ME Waugh	89	39	39	0	0	39
SR Waugh	97	37	37	0	0	37
RT Ponting	93	34	34	0	0	34

South Africans vs West Indies and Australia:

Player	Mat	Dismissals	Catches	Stumpings	Catches as Keeper	Catches as Fielder
MV Boucher	76	101	92	9	91	1
DJ Richardson	44	49	40	9	40	0
JN Rhodes	80	44	44	0	0	44
AB de Villiers	44	38	36	2	16	20
JH Kallis	87	36	36	0	0	36
HH Gibbs	73	29	29	0	0	29

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