West Indies vs Sri Lanka 2021, 2nd ODI: Weather Forecast And Pitch Report
Published - 12 Mar 2021, 02:26 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:42 AM
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The hosts West Indies will face the visitors Sri Lanka in the second game of the three-match ODI series at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (North Sound, Antigua) this Friday (12th March).
West Indies are currently leading this ODI series by the 1-0 margin as they won the series opener by 8 wickets. While the Caribbean will secure this ODI series with another victory, Sri Lanka can only win this ODI series by winning all the remaining two matches.
West Indies vs Sri Lanka 2021, 2nd ODI: Weather Forecast
West Indies vs Sri Lanka 2021, 2nd ODI: Pitch Report
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (North Sound, Antigua) will host this second ODI match between West Indies and Sri Lanka. This venue also hosted the opening game of this ODI series, which was the first ODI at this venue since July 2017.
In that series opener, while Sri Lanka were all out after scoring 232 runs despite their centurion opening partnership, West Indies chased down the target in 47 overs after losing two wickets.
According to past history at this ODI venue, 250+ totals are very much defendable. While pacers play the major roles at this venue, good spinners are also very useful at this ODI venue.
Venue stats (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua)
Average totals in overall and each ODI innings at this venue
Overall ODIs | |||
Stats | Overall | 1st batting | 2nd batting |
Win | 18 | 10 | 8 |
Innings average (Average run-rate) | 222.67 (4.91) | 235.39 (4.96) | 209.94 (4.86) |
In the last 5 ODIs | |||
Stats | Overall | 1st batting | 2nd batting |
Win | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Innings average (Average run-rate) | 224.20 (4.69) | 238.60 (4.83) | 209.80 (4.55) |
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