Cricket World Cup: West Indies v Zimbabwe — five match facts
CANBERRA, Australia (AFP) — Here are five match facts for Monday’s World Cup Pool B game between West Indies and Zimbabwe at Manuka Oval, Canberra. It is scheduled to begin at 10:30 pm.
Facts:West Indies have won their last seven One-Day internationals against Zimbabwe and all five of their World Cup meetings.Chris Gayle is the leading run-scorer in ODIs between these teams, with 1,317 runs in 28 innings. His average of 57.3 is his highest against Test-playing nation.Gayle averages just 14.9 in 17 ODI innings in Australia, reaching double figures only twice in his last nine innings.West Indies’ Andre Russell (80.2%) has the highest boundary run percentage in ODIs between Test-playing nations since January 2014, minimum 100 balls faced.Against the United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe batsman Brendan Taylor took his run aggregate in World Cups from 2003 onwards to 344 runs, more than any other Zimbabwe batsman.
