Stats Preview: West Indies vs India 2nd Test at Sabina Park

Dec 31, 2018 at 2:01 PM

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Stats Preview: West Indies vs India 2nd Test at Sabina Park

After winning big in the first Test against West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (Antigua), India will play 2nd Test match of a 4-match Test series against West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. The 2nd Test will begin on Saturday (30th July).

Before the beginning of the second Test, let’s check out some important stats of Sabina Park.

Overall Test Records at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

  1. West Indies’ Test performances at Sabina Park: Matches – 48; Won – 23 Lost – 12; Tied – 0; Drawn – 13

 

  1. Highest Totals – 849 by England against West Indies in 1930

 

  1. Lowest Totals – 47 by West Indies against England in 2004

 

  1. Highest match aggregates – 1815 runs between West Indies vs England in 1930

 

  1. Lowest match aggregates – 623 runs between West Indies vs England in 1986

 

  1. Largest victories (by an innings) – West Indies won by an innings and 174 runs against Pakistan in 1958

 

  1. Largest victories (by runs) – Australia won by 277 runs against West Indies in 2015

 

  1. Largest victories (by wickets) – West Indies won by 10 wickets against England in 1948 (according to earliest incidents)

 

  1. Highest individual scores in an innings – 365* by Sir Garry Sobers (West Indies) against Pakistan in 1958

 

  1. Most runs scored – 1354 by Sir Garry Sobers (West Indies; 11 matches; 18 innings)

 

  1. Highest partnership – 446 runs between Sir Conrad Hunte and Sir Garry Sobers (West Indies) for the 2nd wicket against Pakistan in 1958

 

  1. Best bowling figures in an innings – 7/12 by Steve Harmison (England) against West Indies in 2004

 

Steve Harmison
Steve Harmison
  1. Best bowling figures in a match – 11/134 by Corey Collymore (West Indies) against Pakistan in 2005

 

  1. Most wickets taken – 48 wickets by Courtney Walsh (West Indies; 11 matches; 19 innings)
Courtney Walsh
Courtney Walsh

 Test Records between West Indies and India at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

  1. West Indies vs India in Tests at Sabina Park (Kingston, Jamaica): Matches – 11; West Indies won – 6; India won – 2; Tied – 0; Drawn – 3

 

2. Highest Totals – a) 631/8 decl. by West Indies in 1962

b) 444 by India in 1953

 

3. Lowest Totals (completed innings) – a) 97 by India in 1976

b) 103 by West Indies in 2006

 

  1. Highest match aggregates – 1424 runs in 1953

 

  1. Lowest match aggregates – 693 runs in 2006

 

  1. Largest victories (by an innings) – West Indies won by an innings and 18 runs in 1962

 

7. Largest victories (by runs) – a) West Indies won by 155 runs in 2002

b) India won by 63 runs in 2011

 

  1. Largest victories (by wickets) – West Indies won by 10 wickets in 1976

 

9. Highest individual scores in an innings – a) 237 by Sir Frank Worrell (West Indies) in 1953

b) 212 by Dilip Sardesai (India) in 1971

 

Sir Frank Worrell
Sir Frank Worrell

10. Most runs scored – a) 444 runs by Sir Garry Sobers (West Indies; 3 matches; 5 innings)

b) 430 runs by Rahul Dravid (India; 4 matches; 8 innings)

 

Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid

11. Highest partnership – a) 255 runs between Rohan Kanhai and Easton McMorris (West Indies) for the 2nd wicket in 1962

b) 237 runs between Pankaj Roy and Vijay Manjrekar (India) for the 2nd wicket in 1953

 

12. Best bowling figures in an innings – a) 6/49 by Sir Wes Hall (West Indies) in 1962

b) 6/78 by Anil Kumble (India) in 2006

 

Sir Wes Hall
Sir Wes Hall

13. Best bowling figures in a match – a) 10/101 by Courtney Walsh (West Indies) in 1989

b) 8/118 by Kapil Dev (India) in 1983

 

Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev

14. Most wickets taken – a) 13 wickets by Sir Wes Hall (West Indies, 2 matches, 4 innings)

b) 13 wickets by Harbhajan Singh (India, 3 matches, 6 innings)

Interesting Test facts at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

  1. Most no. of times 250+ runs hit by batsmen on this ground. 6 batsmen (once each) have scored 250+ runs in Sabina Park. Kennington Oval (London) and Melbourne Cricket Ground are at the 2nd position in this list with 5 250+ score.

Sabina Park is one of the 5 grounds where more than one batsman hit triple-centuries. Total 2 batsmen have hit triple centuries at this ground. Both batsmen had hit one triple century each on this ground and those are: former West Indian batsman Sir Garry Sobers (365* against Pakistan in 1958) and former English batsman Andy Sandham (325 against West Indies in 1930)

Sir Garry Sobers
Sir Garry Sobers
  1. West Indies has won joint most Test matches at Sabina Park. West Indies has won 23 Tests at this ground while they have also won 23 Tests at Kensington Oval (Bridgetown, Barbados).

 

  1. India has never won a Test match when they have crossed 300 run mark at Sabina Park.

 

  1. On this ground since 2002, India has never crossed 300 runs mark in a Test innings. Though India won their last two Tests on this ground (2006 and 2011).

 

  1. During India’s tour of West Indies in 1971, the 1st Test of 5-match Test series was played on this ground. During that Test match, India enforced West Indies a rare follow-on. India made 387 runs in their 1st innings while West Indies scored 217 runs in reply. Despite leading 170 runs in the 1st innings, India was able for forcing follow-on to the West Indies according to the law 13.3.

According to the law 13.3, “If no play takes place on the first day of a match of more than one day’s duration, 1 above shall apply in accordance with the number of days remaining from the actual start of the match. The day on which play first commences shall count as a whole day for this purpose, irrespective of the time at which play starts.”

During that 1st Test match in 1971, the first day had been washed out due to the rain. So the rules applied for 4-days of cricket instead of 5-days cricket. According to the law 13.1 (b) (i), “In a two innings match of 3 or 4 days, the side which bats first and leads by at least 150 runs shall have the option of requiring the other side to follow their innings.” For that reason India was able to force a follow-on on the West Indies team despite India’s 1st innings lead was being 170 runs.

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