The host side England secured an easy victory against Windies on Friday (14th June) in the match 19 of the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at Southampton.
England captain Eoin Morgan elected to field first after winning the toss. In the first innings, Windies was bundled out for 212 runs in 44.4 overs. Later, England chased down that target in 33.1 overs after losing two wickets.
Brief Scores: Windies – 212 in 44.4 overs (Nicholas Pooran 63, Shimron Hetmyer 39; Mark Wood 3/18)
England – 213/2 in 33.1 overs (Joe Root 100*, Jonny Bairstow 45; Shannon Gabriel 2/49)
Result – England won by eight wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
Windies
i) Windies was bundled out for just 212 runs (44.4 overs).
- It is the second lowest completed total for Windies against England in Cricket World Cup history. Their lowest record is 157 (49.2 overs) at Melbourne on 27th February 1992.
England
i) England won this match by eight wickets with 101 balls to spare.
- It is the largest victory (by wickets) for England against Windies in Cricket World Cup history. Their previous record was winning by six wickets (with 61 balls remaining) at Melbourne on 27th February 1992.
- It is England’s second largest ODI victory (by balls remaining in the second innings) against Windies. Their record is winning by seven wickets with 168 balls remaining at Leeds on 1st July 2004.
(Players’ stats)
Eoin Morgan
i) English cricketer Eoin Morgan played his 300th international cricket match for England.
- Eoin Morgan is the fifth England cricketer to play 300 or more international matches. The other four English cricketers to achieve this feat are James Anderson (361 matches), Stuart Broad (303 matches), Alec Stewart (303 matches) and Paul Collingwood (300 matches).
Chris Gayle
i) Windies opening batsman Chris Gayle has scored 1,632 ODI runs against England.
- Chris Gayle is the leading run-scorer against England in ODI history. During this match, Gayle surpassed the former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara who scored 1,625 ODI runs against England.
Joe Root
i) English cricketer Joe Root has taken 13 catches in Cricket World Cup history.
- It is the joint most catches by an English non-wicketkeeper in Cricket World Cup history. Former England cricketer Paul Collingwood also took 13 catches in CWC history.
ii) Joe Root scored his 109th 50+ score in the international career.
- It is the second most 50+ scores in international cricket for an English batsman. While Root surpassed Ian Bell (108 times 50+ scores) during that innings, only Alastair Cook is now ahead of Root with 114 times 50+ scores.
iii) England batsman Joe Root scored his third century in Cricket World Cup.
- Joe Root is the first English batsman to score three centuries in CWC history. Kevin Pietersen is in the next position with two centuries in CWC.
iv) English cricketer Joe Root scored his 32nd century in the international career.
- It is the joint second most international century by an England batsman as Joe Root has equalled Kevin Pietersen’s 32-international century record for England. Alastair Cook is leading this table with 38 international centuries for this side.
v) Joe Root scored 100* off 94 balls.
- After Kevin Pietersen, Joe Root is the second England batsman to score a century against Windies in Cricket World Cup. Pietersen scored 100 runs at Bridgetown on 21st April 2007.
vi) England cricketer Joe Root had the bowling figures of 5-0-27-2, took two catches and also he scored an unbeaten 100 runs.
- Joe Root is the second cricketer in Cricket World Cup history to score a century and also to take at least two wickets and two catches. On 17th March 1996 at Lahore (1996 CWC final), Sri Lankan cricketer Aravinda de Silva took two catches, had the bowling figures of 9-0-42-3 and also scored 107* against Australia.
Jofra Archer
i) England cricketer Jofra Archer had the bowling figures of 9-1-30-3. It is the third time in 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup when Jofra Archer has taken three wickets in a match.
- Jofra Archer is the first England bowler to take at least three wickets for more than twice in a particular edition of Cricket World Cup.