Match 36 – England Vs West Indies at Chennai


  1. England has had a topsy-turvy campaign so far with four wins and two losses.
  2. Only three among the six West Indian bowlers were among the wickets, though England was dismissed inside their 50 overs quota – Russel, Roach and Bishoo.
  3. Trott (47) almost scored his fifth half century in this tournament. Nevertheless, he top scored for England and is the second leading run scorer in the tournament (as on March 18) with 336 runs.
  4. Strauss (31) could not get back to the form he started the tournament with, but is still the third leading run scorer of the tournament so far with 329 runs.
  5. James Tredwell (4-48) has never claimed a wicket in 3 one dayers he played prior to this match.
  6. Andre Russel bagged a four wicket haul in just his second match.
  7. Suleiman Benn has now opened the bowling for the West Indies in all their five matches.
  8. Darren Sammy in just his ninth completed match as captain of the West Indies has won five of those matches in charge and which includes just 2 against a Test playing nation.
  9. West Indies conceded 22 runs as extras in this match (more than the margin in which they lost the match). Prior to this match, they conceded just 4 runs as an extra in terms of a wide in their last four matches.
  10. Very similar to the previous West Indies match against Ireland, six of the 20 batsmen were dismissed bowled, Seven batsmen of the 20 wickets in the West Indies-Ireland match were dismissed bowled.
  11. Chennai continues to be a witness to low scoring matches in this World cup edition so far and this is the first among the three matches played here in which both the teams scored totals more than 200.

– Sharath

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