Kensington Oval Statistical Highlights

Kensington Oval has always been a happy hunting ground for the West Indies, particularly in the Test arena. In fact, the Caribbean side has so dominated Test matches at Bridgetown, Barbados, the venue has become the 'Mecca' of cricket in the region.

As the ODI series between India and the West Indies shift to Barbados, our resident statistician Zito takes a look at all one-day games played at Kensington Oval and finds that this dominance does not extend fully to the ODI game...

There have been 14 One-Day Internationals at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. The West Indies have won eight and lost six. India have been beaten on both occasions they have played here.

England made the highest one-day total here, 293 for 5 in 1997-98. In the same match, Nick Knight made the highest individual score of 122 on this ground. Desmond Haynes's unbeaten 117 in 1988-89 is the highest score in the WI-India match. Haynes topped the run aggregate (345) and hundreds (2) here than anyone else. The next best are from Brian Lara (290) and Carl Hooper (254).

Pace bowlers average 36.27 wickets (Econ 4.73) on this ground, while spinners averaged 39.72, (Econ 4.66).

Only once has a bowler taken four wickets in a match. Jacques Kallis has a figure of 4 for 22 for South Africa last year. Viv Richards, who took 3 for 47 in 1988-89 has the best figure for the WI-Ind match.

In India's last ODI match on this ground, they were put in to bat and made only 199 runs. The West Indian openers Stuart Williams and Shivnarine Chanderpaul overhauled the target with 32 balls to spare. Chanderpaul ended up unbeaten on 109, winning the Man-of-the-Match award.

Kensington Oval - Statistical Overview (ODI Cricket)
First ODI Match -- 23/04/1985
Last ODI Match -- 09/05/2001
Matches Played -- 14
Matches Won by Home Side -- 8 (57.14%)
Matches Won by Touring Side -- 6 (42.86%)
Matches Won by Neutral Side -- 0 (0.00%)
Matches Tied -- 0 (0.00%)
Matches with No Result -- 0 (0.00%)
Highest Individual Innings -- 122 NV Knight 1997-98 WI v Eng
Best Bowling -- 4/22 JH Kallis 2000-01 WI v SAf
Highest Team Innings -- 293/5 Eng 1997-98 v WI
Lowest Team Innings -- 114 Eng 1985-86 v WI
Highest Run Chase Achieved -- 267/9 WI 1997-98 v Eng
Average Runs per Wicket -- 32.48
Average Runs per Over -- 4.79

ODIs Partnership Record at Kensington Oval:
1st -- 200* -- SC Williams (78*) & S Chanderpaul (109*) -- 1997-98, WI v Ind
2nd -- 184 -- DL Haynes & HA Gomes (WI) -- 1984-85 v. NZ
3rd -- 146 -- GR Marsh & AR Border (Aus) -- 1990-91 v. WI
4th -- 132 -- SC Williams & CL Hooper (WI) -- 1997-98 v. Eng
5th -- 79 -- DC Boon & GS Blewett (Aus) -- 1994-95 v. WI
6th -- 61 -- BC Lara & RD Jacobs (WI) -- 2000-01 v. SAf
7th -- 72 -- AK Sharma & KS More (Ind) -- 1988-89 v. WI
8th -- 49 -- IDS Smith & RJ Hadlee (NZ) -- 1984-85 v. WI
9th -- 53 -- Wasim Akram & Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) -- 1999-00 v. WI
10th -- 11 -- VC Drakes & CA Walsh (WI) -- 1994-95 v. Aus

Players Scoring ODI Centuries at Kensington Oval:
NV Knight (Eng) -- 1997-98 vs. WI -- 122
DL Haynes (WI) -- 1988-89 vs. Ind -- 117*
DL Haynes (WI) -- 1984-85 vs. NZ -- 116
GR Marsh (Aus) -- 1990-91 vs. WI -- 113
BC Lara (WI) -- 1997-98 vs. Eng -- 110
S Chanderpaul (WI) -- 1997-98 vs. Ind -- 109*
HH Gibbs (SAf) -- 2000-01 vs. WI -- 107

Players Taking 4 Wickets in Innings at Kensington Oval:
JH Kallis (SAf) -- 2000-01 vs. WI -- 4/22

EDITOR'S NOTE: Previously posted error on 1st wicket record corrected.