29 Nov / 2011West Indies in India, 2011. Test Series Analysis

 

India-West Indies analysis  

India’s third consecutive (fourth successive) series win against West Indies, & West Indies are the third nation that India have won successive series against, before this, India defeated England in successive series(1971-1972) & then in early part of  1993 when they trounced Sri Lanka(Jan) first at home and then in Sri Lanka (July).  

At end of this series, Indian batsmen have scored 77 centuries against West Indies, & 101 was against India for West Indies batsmen.

 Although, this series didn’t start well for their middle order batsmen, nevertheless India maintained excellent run-rate (3.79) thanks to brisk start given by Sehwag –Gambir, who made sure that India were off to a flier, their opening stand avg 58.4 in this series, allowing their strong yet slow-middle order, to play with more freedom. The Delhi Test was the perfect sample of how their batsmen would play this series. 



Dhoni”s suggestion on producing spinner’s track in India must have been influenced from No. of L B W & Bowled dismissals his new spin pair picked in this series. Both Ojha/Ashwin picked 14 L B W and 6 Bowled wickets, and in all there were 29 dismissals (16 L BW + 13 Bowled). 

 

 

 India’s Performance

Batsmen

In

Runs

H.S

100s

50s

Balls

S.S

4.6(SS)

Play-Role

50+

100+

Dravid

5

319

119

1

2

617

213

27.2

761

6

1

Laxman

5

298

176*

1

1

497

208

22

669

4

2

Sehwag

5

245

60

0

3

249

117

33.3

429

5

0

Tendulkar

5

218

94

0

2

397

114

24.2

396

5

0

Gambhir

5

195

65

0

2

286

103

27

446

6

0

Dhoni

5

165

144

1

0

241

97

12.5

258

0

1

Ashwin

4

121

103

1

0

163

62

15.2

217

1

0

Kohli

2

115

63

0

2

225

79

8.1

252

2

0

Total

5

1840

176*

4

12

2925

1047

181.17

1840

15

2

 


Bowler

Inns

O

M

R

W

Best

4WI

5WI

S.S

4.6(SS)

C3

L 3

LBW

B’wld

<10

Ashwin

6

170

22

504

22

6-47

 

2

293

46.6

61

107

7

6

6

Ojha

6

177.2

38

450

20

6-47

 

2

246

48.6

74

119

7

0

6

Yadav

4

50.3

7

191

9

4-80

1

0

   

8

23

0

6

4

Ishant

6

109

24

337

5

2-95

 

0

221

68.1

27

65

2

0

1

Aaron

2

32

4

129

3

3-106

 

0

58

22

5

14

 

1

2

Total

6

582.2

98

1824

60

6-47

1

4

938

207.14

189

354

16

13

19

 

 

West Indies performance 

For the first time in some years, West Indies bowlers failed to pick big wicket haul, (4 or more) in an inning.  In this series, the best bowling figure/inning came from their captain D Sammy (3/35).

 

Since 2007, Darren Sammy has been the most prolific bowler for West Indies. Apart from Fidel Edwards no bowler has picked more 4wickets haul than Sammy.

Edwards on the other hand had a very poor series, surprisingly with his slinging-action he could only get one L B W & Bowled dismissals(Sammy had 5 Bowled dismissals). Irrespective of where he bowled from (over the wicket, or around the wicket), or to whom (Right hand batsmen or Left hand batsmen) his radar was consistently down the leg side.

Darren Bravo’s 2nd century at Eden Gardens was 100th  century for West Indies against India in Test history.

He was the most prolific run scorer from either side. His tally of 404runs helped West Indies produce 47.2% of Team Runs in this series(Role-play). Role-play : 861Runs were scored by the West Indies team while he was batting, it is also the most by an player from either side. Apart from Bravo, K Edwards & K Brathwaite contributed immensely for West Indies, although their tally of runs were not much to talk about, yet, it’s runs scored in “Role-play”  produced large score for West Indies.

 

 

 

Batsmen

In

Runs

H.S

100s

50s

Balls

S.S

4.6(SS)

Play-Role

50+

100+

Bravo

6

404

166

2

0

735

216

47.4

861

1

4

Chanderpaul

4

216

118

1

0

354

122

21.2

392

1

2

Edwards

6

227

86

0

2

484

116

30.1

451

1

1

Brathwaite

6

194

68

0

2

598

123

17

491

2

2

Samuels

6

185

84

0

2

295

84

28.1

313

0

1

Barath

4

128

62

0

2

267

67

18

262

 

1

Powell

4

106

81

0

1

222

64

12

214

0

2

Sammy

6

110

42

0

0

111

51

9.5

191

0

0

Total

6

1824

166

3

9

3494

938

207.14

1824

3

6

 

 

Bowler

Inns

O

M

R

W

Best

S.S

4.6(SS)

C3

L 3

LBW

B’wld

<10

Rampaul

4

65.3

6

229

8

3-56

129

26

21

39

0

2

1

Sammy

4

75

4

313

9

3-35

159

44.2

17

33

1

5

3

Samuels

5

90

0

341

7

3-74

226

22.4

23

47

1

2

3

Bishoo

5

137

10

436

7

2-55

283

30.6

48

82

1

0

1

Edwards

5

83.2

9

333

5

1-28

168

45.2

15

39

1

1

1

Total

5

484.2

30

1840

41

3-35

1047

181.17

129

254

4

11

10

 

 

 

Explanation of primary indices used in these tables

Explanation of secondary indices
A – < 10: Low score dismissals (Bowler’s table).
B – L B W (Bowler’s table) : No. of L B W dismissals for bowlers
C – BOWLED (Bowler’s table) : No. of Bowled dismissals for bowlers.
D – Role-play : Batsmen’s (Begin Score)- (End score) = Role-Play

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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