England vs West Indies - 2nd ODI of the West Indies Tour of England, 2025 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
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Light Rain - 20°C
1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
(i) Total Matches - ODIs
Overall - 27
Avg 1st Innings - 220
Avg 2nd Innings - 205
Highest Total - 386/6 (England vs Bangladesh - 8th June'2019)
Times won Batting First - 8
Times won Batting Second - 18
Times Tied - 1
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
ENG - 13 - 9w/4l
WI - 2 - 0w/1l/1t
(iii) Top Performers on this Venue
ENG
Jos Buttler - Highest run scorer (443), Avg (73.83) - 9M/9I
Joe Root - 3rd Highest run scorer (303), Avg (30.30) - 10M/10I
Adil Rashid - 2nd Highest wicket taker (10), SR (33.60) - 6M/6I
WI
No Records!
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) England vs New Zealand - 8th September'2023
291/6 vs 297/2 (NZ won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w
2) Pakistan vs England - 8th July'2021
141/10 vs 142/1 (ENG won by 9 wkts)
Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
3) Afghanistan vs South Africa - 15th June'2019
125/10 vs 131/1 (SA won by 9 wkts)
Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w
4) England vs Bangladesh - 8th June'2019
386/6 vs 280/10 (ENG won by 106 runs)
Pacers - 4w+9w=13w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
5) Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 4th June'2019
201/10 vs 152/10 (SL won by 34 runs - DLS)
Pacers - 3w+9w=12w
Spinners - 6w+0w=6w
6) Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - 1st June'2019
136/10 vs 137/0 (NZ won by 10 wkts)
Pacers - 9w+0w=9w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
7) England vs Australia - 16th June'2018
342/8 vs 304/10 (ENG won by 38 runs)
Pacers - 7w+5w=12w
Spinners - 0w+5w=5w
8) England vs Pakistan - 14th June'2017
211/10 vs 215/2 (PAK won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 46w
2nd Innings - 27w
Spinners
1st Innings - 19w
2nd Innings - 8w
Overall
73w:27w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
England (ENG)
1. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Jamie Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Joe Root
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(40), 93(106), 9(9), 64(65), 46(56), 22(24)&0w, 21(29), 6(15)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)&0w, 4(4)&0w
5. Harry Brook
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(9), 70(45), 61(48)*, 4(7), 91(70)*, 64(44), 72(68)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 65(48)*, 2(9)
7. Tom Banton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Jacob Bethell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Brydon Carse
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
10. Luke Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Jamie Overton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Saqib Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w
13. Matthew Potts
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Adil Rashid
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 12(11)&2w, 7(13)&1w, 3w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Tom Hartley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
West Indies (WI)
1. Brandon King
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Evin Lewis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Keacy Carty
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Shai Hope
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Amir Jangoo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Justin Greaves
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Matthew Forde
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Roston Chase
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Gudakesh Motie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Alzarri Joseph
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Jayden Seales
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Shamar Joseph
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Romario Shepherd
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Jewel Andrew
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
109 - 55w/48l/6nr (In Favour of ENG)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
3w/2l (In Favour of ENG)
(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet!
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) England vs West Indies - 29th May'2025
400/8 vs 162/10 (ENG won by 238 runs)
Jacob Bethell - 82(53)&1w
Ben Duckett - 60(48)
Joe Root - 97(65)
Will Jacks - 39(24)
Jamie Smith - 37(24)
Jos Buttler - 37(32)
Saqib Mahmood - 3w
Jamie Overton - 3w
Adil Rashid - 2w
Brydon Carse - 1w
Jayden Seales - 29(14)*&4w
Shai Hope - 25(21)
Alzarri Joseph - 2w
Justin Greaves - 2w
2) England vs West Indies - 6th November'2024
263/8 vs 267/2 (WI won by 8 wkts)
Jamie Overton - 32(21)&1w
Keacy Carty - 128(114)*
Brandon King - 102(117)
Matthew Forde - 3w
Alzarri Joseph - 2w
Romario Shepherd - 2w
Roston Chase - 1w
3) West Indies vs England - 2nd November'2024
328/6 vs 329/5 (ENG won by 5 wkts)
Shai Hope - 117(127)
Keacy Carty - 71(77)
Sherfane Rutherford - 54(36)
Matthew Forde - 23(11)* & 3w
Roston Chase - 20(22)* & 1w
Shamar Joseph - 1w
Jacob Bethell - 55(57)
Adil Rashid - 2w
4) England vs West Indies - 31st October'2024
209/10 vs 157/2 (WI won by 8 wkts - DLS)
Jacob Bethell - 27(33)
Will Jacks - 19(27)
Adil Rashid - 1w
Evin Lewis - 94(69)
Brandon King - 30(56)
Keacy Carty - 19(20)*
Gudakesh Motie - 4w
Alzarri Joseph - 2w
Jayden Seales - 2w
Matthew Forde - 2w
5) England vs West Indies - 9th December'2023
206/9 vs 191/6 (WI won by 4 wkts - DLS)
Will Jacks - 3w
Keacy Carty - 50(58)
Romario Shepherd - 41(28)* & 2w
Alzarri Joseph - 3w
Matthew Forde - 3w
6) West Indies vs England - 6th December'2023
202/10 vs 206/4 (ENG won by 6 wkts)
Shai Hope - 68(68)
Sherfane Rutherford - 63(80) & 1w
Romario Shepherd - 19(16) & 1w
Gudakesh Motie - 2w
Will Jacks - 73(72)
(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these sides meet
ENG
Joe Root - 8th Highest run scorer (804), Avg (67) - 17M/15I
Jos Buttler - 21st Highest run scorer (449), Avg (37.41) - 20M/15I
Will Jacks - 85th Highest run scorer (152), Avg (25.33) - 6M/6I
Adil Rashid - 15th highest wicket taker (23), SR (30.3) - 17M/14I
WI
Shai Hope - 15th Highest run scorer (647), Avg (43.13) - 20M/18I
Evin Lewis - 31st Highest run scorer (348), Avg (38.65) - 11M/10I
Keacy Carty - 45th Highest run scorer (284), Avg (71) - 6M/6I
Brandon King - 72nd Highest run scorer (192), Avg (32) - 6M/6I
Sherfane Rutherford - 93rd highest run scorer (126), Avg (31.50) - 6M/4I
Alzarri Joseph - 20th Highest wicket taker (17), SR (23.4) - 8M/8I
Matthew Forde - 36th Highest wicket taker (11), SR (19.3) - 4M/4I
Gudakesh Motie - 57th Highest wicket taker (8), SR (41.1) - 6M/6I
Romario Shepherd - 70th Highest wicket taker (7), SR (25.8) - 4M/4I
(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
England (ENG)
1. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(23), 71(73), 60(48)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8)
2. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(24), 17(20)&3w, 19(27), 5(10), 39(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 73(72)&0w, 12(11)&0w
3. Jamie Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Joe Root
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 107(122)&1w, 4(5)&0w, 101(108), 84(79), 5(10), 1(2), 57(65)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(48)&12, 23(43)&2w, 90(127)*, 54(53), 14(15)&0w, 46(44)*, 102(97), 36(40), 100(94)*&2w
5. Harry Brook
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 71(72), 1(3), 58(45)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(49)*
6. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 99(84), 14(19), 7(5), 2(4), 150(77), 23(36), 3(13), 0(1), 37(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(17), 0(1), 0(7), 43(35)*, 4(1)*, 34(33), 58(45)*
7. Tom Banton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Jacob Bethell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(33)&0w, 0(3)&0w, 82(53)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 55(57)&0w
9. Brydan Carse
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
10. Luke Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Jamie Overton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 32(21)&1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Saqib Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
13. Matthew Potts
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Adil Rashid
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 9(3)&1w, 9(3)*&3w, 5w, 15(19)&1w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 15(19)&1w, 0w, 0w, 2w
15. Tom Hartley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
West Indies (WI)
1. Brandon King
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(19), 7(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(44), 1(3), 30(56), 102(117), 10(14)
2. Evin Lewis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(9), 11(14), 176(130)*, 2(8), 4(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(33), 0(3), 13(8), 94(60), 19(17)
3. Keacy Carty
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 71(77)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(39), 50(58), 19(20)*, 128(114)*, 22(26)
4. Shai Hope
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(27), 35(57), 11(11), 72(95), 64(65), 33(45), 11(30), 68(68), 117(127)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(38), 16(42), 20(25), 5(7), 13(18), 109(83)*, 15(10), 6(10)*, 5(10)*, 25(21)
5. Amir Jangoo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(25)
6. Justin Greaves
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(5)&2w
7. Matthew Forde
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(11)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(16)*&3w, 2w, 3w, 0w
8. Roston Chase
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(22)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 9(13)&0w
9. Gudakesh Motie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(5)&2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 18(11)&0w
10. Alzarri Joseph
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5w, 0w, 14(17)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(13)*&4w, 2(2)*&1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 12(19)&2w
11. Jayden Seales
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 29(14)*&0w
12. Shamar Joseph
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Romario Shepherd
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(16)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 49(28)&2w, 41(28)*&2w, 2w
14. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 63(80)&1w, 54(36)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(3), 3(9), 0w
15. Jewel Andrew
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) ENGLAND (ENG) SQUAD :
Probable XI
1) Ben Duckett - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 60, 140, 9, 59*, 24, 38, 165, 34, 65, 32, 0, 39
2) Jamie Smith - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 37, 4*, 58, 12*, 39, 84, 25, 32, 0, 9, 15, 6, 22, 89, 3
3) Joe Root - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 57, 34r 0w, 1, 90, 37, 120r 0w, 68r 0w, 24r 1w, 69r 0w, 19r 0w, 0r 0w, 78r 2w
4) Harry Brook - RHB
Last 10 - 58, 58, 33, 20, 19, 25, 3, 19, 31, 0, 2, 51
5) Jos Buttler - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 37, 5, 33, 30, 64, 50, 41*, 97*, 16, 36
6) Jacob Bethell - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 82r 1w, 55, 12, 51r 1w, 10, 6, 7, 87r 2w, 1r 1w, 2r 0w, 49r 0w
7) Will Jacks - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 39, 17r 0w, 21r 1w, 53r 0w, 29r 2w, 22, 0w, 36r 2w, 1*, 22r 0w
8) Jamie Overton - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 3w, 0r 2w, 47r 0w, 4r 0w, 0w, 11r 0w, 11r 0w, 32r 1w, 6r 2w, 1r 1w, 19r 2w, 3w
9) Brydon Carse - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 6r 2w, 8r 1w, 10r 0w, 3r 3w, 1w, 2w, 31r 3w, 2w, 11r 0w, 9r 4w, 2w, 33r 4w, 6w
10) Saqib Mahmood - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 3w, 4r 0w, 13r 2w, 5r 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w
11) Adil Rashid - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 5r 1w, 1w, 4w, 14r 1w, 8r 2w, 6r 1w, 10r 1w, 10r 1w, 10r 1w
BENCH
12) Tom Hartley - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 23r 2w, 15, 42r 3w, 2r 2w, 4r 0w, 2, 35r 2w, 37, 8r 3w, 1, 16r 1w, 0
13) Luke Wood - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w
14) Matthew Potts - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 19r 4w, 7r 1w, 2w, 70r 1w, 38r 3w, 11r 4w, 1w, 34r 1w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 0w
15) Tom Banton - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 6, 15, 12, 13, 26, 3, 5, 6, 0, 371r 0w, 38, 29, 84*, 11
Safe C/VC choices
Ben Duckett, Joe Root
B) WEST INDIES (WI) SQUAD :
Unavailable - Romario Shepherd
Probable XI
1) Brandon King - RHB
Last 10 - 10, 1, 8, 19, 4, 1, 0, 89, 14, 77, 4, 53, 3, 4
2) Justin Greaves - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 4r 2w, 50r 1w, 44*, 35r 0w, 124r 3w, 8r 1w, 8r 2w, 0w, 104r 2w, 3r 0w, 6r 3w, 67
3) Keacy Carty - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 22, 170, 102, 6, 55, 37, 92, 19*, 14, 20, 4, 1, 15r 0w, 22, 34, 0, 6
4) Shai Hope - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 25, 75, 49, 2, 23, 9, 20, 1, 8, 16, 20, 43
5) Jewel Andrew - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 66, 4, 16, 0, 122, 65, 0, 13, 40, 31, 62*, 0, 57, 40, 6, 47
6) Amir Jangoo - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 14, 22, 13, 0, 5, 50, 9, 18, 56, 22, 7, 60, 0, 84, 0, 30
7) Matthew Forde - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 12r 0w, 58, 38r 3w, 120r 1w, 26r 0w, 43r 2w, 66r 1w, 2r 3w, 1w, 1w, 26r 1w, 1w, 30r 1w, 0w, 82r 5w
8) Roston Chase - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 7r 1w, 24*, 55r 1w, 11r 0w, 41, 122r 5w, 2w, 1w, 15, 33, 20
9) Gudakesh Motie - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 18r 0w, 7r 0w, 18, 8r 0w, 32r 3w, 6w, 27r 4w, 52r 2w, 0w, 55r 3w, 18r 2w, 19r 1w, 0r 1w
10) Alzarri Joseph - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 12r 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 24r 1w, 5r 0w, 2r 2w
11) Jayden Seales - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 29r 4w, 3w, 4w, 1w, 3w, 21r 1w, 3w, 9r 2w, 1w, 8r 2w, 2w, 29r 1w, 17r 1w
BENCH
12) Evin Lewis - LHB
Last 10 - 14, 20, 2, 49, 16, 1, 17*, 23*, 9, 4
13) Sherfane Rutherford - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0, 38, 28, 43, 22, 7, 35*, 30*
14) Romario Shepherd - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 0r 2w, 53r 0w, 0w, 1w, 7, 2r 0w, 23*, 0w
15) Shamar Joseph - LHB, RAF
Last 10 - 0w, 13r 3w, 2w, 6r 3w, 8r 2w, 11r 1w, 4r 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 5r 1w, 1w, 1w
Safe C/VC choices
Shai Hope, Roston Chase
Differential GL C/VC choices
ENG - Brydon Carse, Will Jacks
WI - Keacy Carty, Matthew Forde
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