mtkr Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Posted February 20, 2015 Pitch: Hagley Oval proved good for batting in the first innings of the tournament opener last Saturday, when New Zealand made 331 against Sri Lanka. The forecast for Christchurch this Saturday is for a fine day and a top of 25C.
mtkr Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Posted February 20, 2015 Stats and trivia: Shahid Afridi is 30 runs away from 8000 in ODIs. He would be the 27th man to pass that milestone, and comfortably the slowest in terms of innings taken Kemar Roach is two wickets away from 100 in ODIs Since the previous World Cup, these teams have met in 11 ODIs for six Pakistan wins, four West Indies victories, and one tie Since their win at the 2007 World Cup, West Indies have won four and lost 11 of their 16 one-day internationals against Pakistan, with one tie. Chris Gayle needs 60 runs to become the 11th player to score 1,000 runs in ODIs between these teams. West Indies have lost their last four World Cup matches. They have never lost five in a row. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has the joint-highest average (76) in ODIs between these teams, reaching 50 in nine of his 15 innings. Shahid Afridi needs one wicket to go clear of Shaun Pollock as the outright fifth highest ODI wicket-taker. Both have 393 wickets.
mtkr Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Posted February 20, 2015 Quotes "If we want to do well in this World Cup this is an important game, and both teams need to win."Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain "We can't let our defeats get us down. We lost the game against Ireland and it was a pretty tough loss, but if we get ourselves down it's hard to pick ourselves back up."Jason Holder , the West Indies captain
mtkr Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Posted February 20, 2015 Head to Head: Pakistan and West Indies have faced each other in 126 ODIs. West Indies have won 68 while Pakistan 55 matches. Both teams have been involved in three ties as well Pitch and conditions
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mtkr Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Posted February 20, 2015 Darren Sammy: The former West Indies skipper saved his teams blushes with a swashbuckling innings against Ireland though it had little impact on the final result. His team will be hoping the hard hitting batsman has a fine outing against Pakistan as its batting has had a rough time off late. Marlon Samuels: He is probably the MVP of this current West Indies squad and has to contribute with both bat and ball if West Indies are to overcome Pakistan. He has one of the few players that have come into the World Cup on the back of some fine displays. With the quality bowling in opposition he must bat out of his skin to help his mediocre side put up a fight. Misbah-Ul-Haq: One of the commentators during the Indo-Pak match stated how this 40 year old cricketer would easily fit into any of the international sides, an apt summation of what the Pakistan skipper is all about. Calmness personified, the middle order batsman has the task of guiding the Pakistan batting. Sohail Khan: He carried on the tradition of Pakistan cricket’s crazy romance for unknown faces at big events with a good showing against arch rivals Pakistan with a five wicket haul on world cup debut. Sohail’s death bowling was the stand out feature of his bowling virtually halting the Indian juggernaut on his own. West Indies would do well to stop him else we are looking at another demolition. Shahid Afridi: He came into the tournament riding high on confidence but his outing against India evaporated the sublime form. But nevertheless, Shahid Afridi who is likely to play his last World Cup here in ICC World Cup 2015 is known for rebound after a bad game. So West Indies will have to come all prepared for if this Pathan fires, not all the covers in this world can save them.
mtkr Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Posted February 20, 2015 Shahid Afridi vs. Darren Sammy This one is going to be the battle of all-rounders. Both Shahid Afridi and Darren Sammy occupy pivotal places in their teams and are known for their top class performances with both and bat. With both being all-rounders there is a possibility that these two will face-off each other twice. They both have similar set of roles to play when it comes to batting and will be interesting to see how they stop each other from using the long handle. Misbah-ul-Haq vs. Jason Holder One is experienced captain and the other has just taken over control of his side. Misbah-ul-Haq vs Jason Holder will not only be the battle of captains, but it will experience vs. young blood. Currently, Misbah is Pakistan’s best bet with the bat and Holder needs to put forward his best game to try and stop this run-machine from Pakistan. Ahmed Shehzad vs. Jerome Taylor It is high time Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad starts performing; he was off to a slow start against India and later threw it away after all the hard work. Batting against West Indies pacers won’t be easy, particularly facing Jerome Taylor early on. This clash could very much decide the course of the match
mtkr Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Posted February 20, 2015 6 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. -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. 7 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. 9 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. 9 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.
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