ENG vs WI Head-to-Head Records- 1st ODI, West Indies Tour of England 2025

The previous Eng vs WI encounter between these two teams occurred last year at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Under the leadership of Shai Hope, twin centuries from Brandon King and Keacy Carty carried them to victory by eight wickets with seven overs to spare to claim the series by a 2-1 margin.

Just like their struggle in the first 10 overs of the batting innings, England has been troubled by the middle-order batters of the opposition side. Apart from Adil Rashid, they have struggled to find a good pacer or spinner to pick wickets between 11 and 40 overs.

Since the start of 2024, in 14 innings, they have been nailed for 2228 runs at an average of 51.81 and a strike rate of 50.87. Most opposition batters gain heavy runs against them without losing regular wickets in this phase. Overall, they have picked 43 wickets at nearly three wickets per innings.

To England’s support, most of their games took place on flat surfaces, making it easier for the batters to drill the bowlers from the first ball. The spinners have not got the same turn and bounce as expected off the surface. It will be a challenge for them to improve in this department from the Eng vs WI series.

After their early success in the first 10 overs of bowling, the West Indies have done a decent job of picking up 40 wickets in 13 innings during the middle overs since the start of 2024. The opposition side has scored 1901 runs at an average of 47.52 and a strike rate of 52.68.

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The Shai Hope-led side’s economy rate of 5.41 is a great performance from the spinners, denying dominance from the opponent batters. Their best bowling performance in the middle overs of the innings was 6/141 in 30 overs. They will aim to repeat the same performance in the upcoming ENG vs WI series.

ENG vs WI Head-to-Head Records in ODIs

ENG vs WI Head-to-Head Records

In the first five Eng vs WI ODI series in the history between England and the West Indies, the only winning side was the Caribbean team. It took the 2019 ODI champions to secure the first home ODI series victory against the two-time champions.

However, they were unbeaten at home in the last three bilateral ODI series against this opposition, who have grabbed only one victory in 14 encounters. The last 50-over series win for the West Indies in England came in 1988.

ENG vs WI Last 5 Encounters

In the last five encounters between England and the West Indies, the latter is ahead by a margin of 3-2.

ENG vs WI Standout Performers

Most runs for England: Graham Gooch (881 runs)

Most runs for West Indies: Chris Gayle (1632 runs)

Most wickets for England: James Anderson (32 wickets)

Most wickets for West Indies: Malcolm Marshall (41 wickets)

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Key match-ups between England and West Indies players

• West Indies’ left-handed batter, Evin Lewis, has smashed 73 ODI runs in 44 balls at a strike rate of 165.9, besides getting dismissed once, thanks to the strike rate of 165.9, with the help of seven boundaries and four sixes.
• Harry Brook is not a good batter against short balls. Alzarri Joseph has used this to trouble the batter, who has added only four ODI runs in 11 balls at a strike rate of 36.40.
• Jos Buttler has collected only 24 runs in 24 ODI balls against Joseph, besides getting dismissed once.