T20 World Cup 2021, Match 14: England vs West Indies, Stats Preview: Player records and approaching milestones

England will have scores to settle as they take on West Indies in match 14 of the T20 World Cup 2021. The encounter takes place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday (October 23). Both teams will also be starting their campaign with this game and would like to emerge victorious.

The Three Lions wouldn’t have forgotten the scenes of the 2016 T20 World Cup final when Carlos Brathwaite famously smashed Ben Stokes for four consecutive sixes in the final over to take West Indies to glory. However, more than five years have gone by since that game and neither Brathwaite nor Stokes is featuring in this competition. Both teams are standing in the start line as of now and would like to start their quest with an empathic win.

With both sides studded with T20 superstars, some T20 madness is on the cards. The Three Lions have done magnificently in white-ball cricket in recent years. While their batting line-up looks daunting, the bowling attack looks pretty fragile with Jofra Archer not available. The story is pretty much similar in the West Indies camp. Hence, the side which bowls well might cross the line.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 14th game of the T20 World Cup 2021:

Head-to-head record: West Indies dominate England in terms of head-to-head record in T20Is. In 18 clashes, the Caribbean side won 11 games while the remaining seven encounters went in England’s favour. As far as T20 World Cups are concerned, West Indies emerged winners in all five meetings between these two sides

50 – Andre Fletcher needs 50 runs to complete 1,000 runs in T20Is.

80 – Chris Gayle needs 80 runs to become the second batter to complete 1000 runs in T20 World Cups.

3 – Jonny Bairstow is three big hits away from completing 50 sixes in T20Is.

8 – Liam Livingstone needs eight runs to complete 4000 T20 runs.

1 – Chris Gayle is one grab away from completing 100 catches in T20 cricket.

91 – Gayle also needs 91 runs shy of completing 500 T20I runs against England.

7 – Kieron Pollard needs seven big hits to complete 100 sixes in T20I cricket. He’ll be the third West Indies player to get the feat after Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis.

4 – Oshane Thomas is four scalps away from completing 50 wickets in international cricket.

4 – Eoin Morgan is four big hits away from completing 350 sixes in T20 cricket.

4 – Dawid Malan is four big hits away from completing 200 sixes in T20 cricket.

4 – David Willey is four wickets away from completing 200 sixes in T20 cricket.

57 – Willey also needs 57 runs to complete 3000 runs in T20 cricket.

4 – Moeen Ali needs five hits over the fence to complete 200 sixes in T20 cricket.