Windies vs England 2019, 5th ODI – Statistical Highlights
Mar 3, 2019 at 5:13 PM
The host side Windies thrashed England in the fifth and final ODI of the series at St. Lucia and also saved the series in style. With this dominating victory, the series ended with the 2-2 result.
After winning the toss, Windies sent England to bat first. England only managed to score 113 runs in 28.1 overs before getting all-out.
In reply, Windies chased that small target in 12.1 overs after losing just three wickets, thanks to Chris Gayle storm.
Brief Score: England – 113 in 28.1 overs (Alex Hales 23, Jos Buttler 23; Oshane Thomas 5/21)
Windies – 115/3 in 12.1 overs (Chris Gayle 77, Shai Hope 13; Mark Wood 2/55)
Result – Windies won by seven wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(1st innings)
England
i) England was bundled out for just 113 runs in 28.1 overs.
- It was England’s lowest completed ODI total against Windies. Their previous lowest was 114 (39 overs) at Bridgetown on 19 March 1986.
- It was England’s second fastest (by the number of overs) all-out in outside the home soil ODIs. The record is getting bowled out in 24.2 overs against Pakistan at Melbourne on 2 March 1985.
ii) England added only two runs for their last four wickets.
- It is England’s lowest runs addition for the last four wickets in an ODI match. Their previous record was adding five runs against India at Gwalior on 4 March 1993.
- It is joint second lowest runs addition for the last four wickets in an ODI innings. The record is adding just one run for the last four wickets by Australia against Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS) on 22 August 2011.
Oshane Thomas
i) At the age of just 22 years and 12 days, the Windies pacer Oshane Thomas achieved his maiden five-wicket haul in ODI career.
- He is the fifth youngest Windies bowler to claim the maiden five-wicket haul in ODI career.
Player | Age | Opposition | Venue | Date |
Alzarri Joseph | 20 years & 311 days | England | The Oval | 27 September 2017 |
Kemar Roach | 21 years & 26 days | Bangladesh | Roseau | 26 July 2009 |
Ian Bishop | 21 years & 69 days | Pakistan | Perth | 1 January 1989 |
Fidel Edwards | 21 years & 296 days | Zimbabwe | Harare | 29 November 2003 |
Oshane Thomas | 22 years & 12 days | England | Gros Islet | 2 March 2019 |
ii) Windies pacer Oshane Thomas has the bowling figures of 5.1-0-21-5.
- It was the second best ODI bowling figures by a Windies bowler against England. The record is 9-4-15-6 by Colin Croft at Kingstown on 4 February 1981.
(2nd innings)
Chris Gayle
i) Windies opener Chris Gayle completed his half-century in 19 balls.
- It is the fastest ODI half-century by a Windies batsman. The previous record holder was Darren Sammy with 20-ball half-century against South Africa at Antigua on 24 May 2010.
ii) It was Chris Gayle’s 75th 50+ ODI innings for Windies.
- Chris Gayle has played second most number of 50+ ODI innings for Windies (surpassed Desmond Haynes’ 74 times 50+ ODI innings for Windies). The record holder is Brian Lara with 81 times 50+ ODI innings.
Windies
i) Windies won this match by seven wickets with 227 balls remaining.
- It was Windies’ largest ODI victory (by balls remaining) at home. Their previous record was winning by eight wickets with 176 balls remaining against England at Bridgetown on 27 March 2009.
- It was Windies’ third largest ODI victory (by balls remaining) in overall. The top two records are winning by eight wickets with 239 balls remaining against Scotland (at Leicester on 27 May 1999) and winning by nine wickets with 236 balls remaining against Sri Lanka (at Manchester on 7 June 1975).