23 Jul / 2019(571)..CWC2019: Team Review – West Indies

 West Indies Performance Review

 

There is a philosophy in sports –“Potential will never win you any matches, performance win matches”.

This truly applies to West Indies, who for this WC were represented by the best potential cricketers, whose performance was very poor, and could manage only 2 wins (Pak and Afghanistan).

In 2018 West Indies had to take part in ICC Cricket World Cup qualifier to be eligible for World Cup. They lost the finals to Afghanistan but were top of points table, and that improved their rankings for qualifying for 2019WC.

This year they had two ODI series before the World Cup – a home series against England which they levelled in the last match of the series (5 match series). This was followed by a tri-series in Ireland, featuring host team Ireland and Bangladesh whom they lost in the finals. These 9 ODIs was a great test for them, as they lost closely and won bravely!.

If we compare WC performance with rest of 2019 performance then their batting performance was very poor, but their bowling improved. One can argue stronger opponent in World Cup, but if you have the best squad with enough time between games to assess your strength and weakness, then you can reduce your shortfall and strengthen your strong points.

 

West Indies had a miserable opening stand in this World Cup – which is very surprising considering the start their openers gave in pre-WC series (v/s Eng and tri-series).

 

Here is a list of pre-WC opening stand.

v/s Eng –

Gayle/Campbell – 38

Gayle/Campbell – 61

Gayle/Campbell -24

Gayle/Campbell -40

Tri series in Ireland

J Campbell/S Hope – 365

S Hope/Ambris – 89

S Hope/Ambris -84

S Hope/Ambris-37

S Hope/Ambris -144

 

Here is how they opened in World Cup 2019

Gayle/S Hope – 36

Gayle/Lewis – 7

Gayle/Lewis- 4

Gayle/Lewis – 6

Gayle/S Hope-3

Gayle/Ambris- 10

Gayle/Ambris- 12

Gayle/Lewis –21

 

Yet thanks to some middle-order resistance, they were able to build decent partnerships that enabled West Indies to score 250 plus regularly (5 times with 3 scores of 300 plus).

It only reflects that a good start (bat or bowl) will give their team a regular success and not just 2 in 8 games!. In batting they have to let go with Chris Gayle. He should bat in the middle order or have a flexible batting position.

 

Statistical Analysis

 

ODIs – 9

Won -2 (PAK, AFG)

Lost 6 (AUS, IND, ENG, BAN, NZ, SL)

ABD- 1 (SA)

KPI comparison of (WC-2019) v/s Recent(pre WC -2019)

 

World Cup 2019   Pre World Cup (in 2019 )
Batting Bowling Indicators Batting Bowling
30.29 36.93 Avg 46.76 42.02
5.72 6.03 R/o 6.57 6.39
31.75 36.74 St. Rate 42.70 39.47
44.96 50.45 Scoring Rate 54.03 52.40
11.09 11.03 Boundary rate 12.14 12.40
46.22 37.16 L 4 52.04 50.40
43.60 51.52 6 + 19.51 17.87

 

 Partnerships Avg(Bat v Bowl) with No.century stands(in bracket)

 

Batting Partnerships –

Their batting might have not been great start but their foundation is laid by top-middle order batsmen. As I mentioned above about their opening woes, West Indies still manage to post decent total either batting first or chasing.

 

 

Batting Partnerships against West Indies

Like most teams they were not able to break partnerships and allowed them to score big scores. Thrice teams went past 275 (1st bat) and while defending they lost two games(322 & 213) and won one against Afghanistan who still manage to score 288 chasing 312!.

 

Batting WC – Partnerships v/s West Indies  
12.38 1st wkt 36.00
40.13 (1) 2nd wkt 65.78 (3)
53.50 (1) 3rd wkt 28.22
36.63 4th wkt 46.57 (1)
35.43 (1) 5th wkt 31.17
24.43 6th wkt 33.33
23.29 7th wkt 22.17 (1)
17.00 8th wkt 9.80
10.33 9th wkt 7.67
16.40 10th wkt 18.00

 

 

 10-over phases

Here is a 10-over breakdown on their batting and bowling progress. Featuring 6 indicators, including exclusively 6 plus R/o for batting and L 4(4 or less R/o) for bowling.

 

Batting Wkts Avg R/O St.Rate Scoring Rate Boundary rate % 6 + R/o % < =4 R/o
(0-10) 13 28.15 4.48 37.69 32.45 10.00 26.94 58.78
(11-20) 7 57.43 5.48 62.86 49.32 9.09 35.45 51.82
(21-30) 16 24.63 5.59 26.44 46.34 10.64 48.23 43.97
(31-40) 14 30.07 6.53 27.64 50.90 11.89 52.71 37.21
(41-50) 15 25.73 7.15 21.60 49.07 15.12 62.96 33.33

 

From above table it is clear their 1st power play was poor. Losing quick wickets does have effect on run-rate. Nevertheless they were able to arrest those early collapse to put on substantial score in each phase of their innings. Apart from 1st phase their run-rate always was above 5.48!.

 

Batting

 

(0-10) Balls Runs  4s 6s Scoring shots Wkts
Gayle 192 170 21 7 68 4
S Hope 125 53 6 0 31 4
Lewis 66 45 6 1 22 2
Pooran 43 30 5 0 14 1
Hetmyer 30 22 2 0 12 0
Ambris 24 15 1 0 12 1
1st Phase total 490 335 41 8 159 13

 

(11-20) Balls Runs  4s 6s Scoring shots Wkts
Pooran 100 94 7 3 53 1
Hetmyer 84 74 9 0 44 1
S Hope 100 66 4 1 46 1
Gayle 67 61 3 5 27 3
Lewis 62 54 3 2 31 0
Ambris 22 21 2 0 14 1
2nd Phase total 440 375 29 11 217 7

 

(21-30) Balls Runs  4s 6s Scoring shots Wkts
Hetmyer 103 101 10 3 50 4
Pooran 90 84 7 2 45 1
S Hope 73 68 7 0 42 0
Holder 45 35 4 0 21 3
Lewis 34 33 3 1 18 3
C Brathwaite 33 22 4 0 10 1
Gayle 14 11 2 0 4 1
3rd Phase total 423 368 38 7 196 16

 

(31-40) Balls Runs  4s 6s Scoring shots Wkts
Pooran 77 78 6 2 42 2
S Hope 72 72 4 2 42 2
Hetmyer 38 60 4 3 26 2
Holder 46 40 4 2 18 1
C Brathwaite 45 39 3 1 25 1
Russell 29 36 3 3 12 3
F Allen 20 30 4 0 14 0
Roach 40 25 3 1 11 1
4th Phase total 387 391 32 14 197 14

 

(41-50) Balls Runs  4s 6s Scoring shots Wkts
C Brathwaite 68 93 6 7 34 3
Holder 59 90 7 6 33 3
Pooran 56 81 8 3 37 2
F Allen 13 21 3 1 7 1
A Nurse 18 19 4 0 7 0
D Bravo 15 19 0 2 9 1
Cottrell 30 18 2 0 10 2
S Hope 19 14 0 0 13 1
5th Phase total 324 365 30 19 159 15

 

Bowling

Bowling Wkts Avg R/O St.Rate Scoring Rate Boundary rate % 6 + R/o % < =4 R/o
(0-10) 14 30.29 4.84 37.57 34.79 9.32 42.21 52.47
(11-20) 12 36.83 5.47 40.42 47.22 10.93 43.30 42.06
(21-30) 5 86.80 6.04 86.20 56.15 10.44 57.08 30.63
(31-40) 9 46.22 6.52 42.56 57.44 10.97 50.13 31.33
(41-50) 18 23.67 8.35 17.00 65.69 15.03 74.51 19.61

 

Overall bowling was decent compared to their previous series – however in this WC they started losing momentum from 2nd phase. Apart from Pakistan they were not able to dismiss or restrict any team less than 268(v India).

Disappointingly in their last phase 75% of their overs went over 6 runs, the most conceded by any team in this WC!!.

 

(0-10) Balls  Runs Wkts R/o % mdn C 4
Cottrell 198 165 7 5.00 6.06 15.15
Russell 48 28 4 3.50 12.50 50.00
Roach 108 66 2 3.67 16.67 38.89
O Thomas 82 76 1 5.56 7.32 7.32
C Brathwaite 12 11 0 5.50 0.00 50.00
Gabriel 24 28 0 7.00 0.00 25.00
Holder 54 47 0 5.22 0.00 33.33
1st Phase total 526 421 14 4.80 7.98 25.10

 

(11-20) Balls  Runs Wkts R/o % mdn C 4
Holder 165 108 5 3.93 10.90 25.45
O Thomas 116 117 4 6.05 25.86
Gabriel 41 57 1 8.34 0.00
C Brathwaite 79 62 0 4.71 22.78
Cottrell 12 7 0 3.50 0.00
F Allen 42 52 0 7.43 0.00
Roach 12 7 0 3.50 50.00
Russell 18 24 0 8.00 0.00
2nd Phase total 485 434 10 5.37 3.71 19.79

 

(21-30) Balls  Runs Wkts R/o % mdn C 4
Roach 24 18 2 4.50 0.00
C Brathwaite 66 69 1 6.27 0 0.00
Holder 72 85 1 7.08 8.33 8.33
O Thomas 41 44 1 6.44 14.63
A Nurse 36 31 0 5.17 0.00
Cottrell 66 70 0 6.36 9.09
F Allen 30 22 0 4.40 20.00
Gabriel 24 27 0 6.75
Gayle 54 46 0 5.11
Russell 18 19 0 6.33
3rd Phase total 431 431 5 6.00 1.39 5.57

 

(31-40) Balls  Runs Wkts R/o % mdn C 4
Gayle 36 34 2 5.67
Holder 45 56 2 7.47
F Allen 48 36 1 4.50 25.00
Gabriel 37 67 1 10.86 0.00
Roach 42 25 1 3.57 14.28 14.29
Russell 30 30 1 6.00 40.00
Cottrell 54 62 6.89
O Thomas 54 60 6.67 22.22
A Nurse 18 14 4.67
C Brathwaite 19 30 9.47
4th Phase total 383 414 8 6.49 1.56 10.97
(41-50) Balls  Runs Wkts R/o % mdn C 4
C Brathwaite 90 151 8 10.07
Cottrell 79 98 5 7.44
O Thomas 62 83 3 8.03
A Nurse 30 41 0 8.20
Holder 30 37 0 7.40 20.00
Roach 12 5 1 2.50
Gabriel 3 6 0 12.00
5th Phase total 306 421 17 8.25 0.00 1.96

 

All data updated at end of World Cup 2019

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