West Indies strong on spin, weak on batting

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Stats preview of the Test series between West Indies and Australia

Bishen Jeswant02-Jun-20153 Number of times West Indies have beaten Australia in a Test match since 1998, all at home. In the same period, West Indies played 11 Tests in Australia, losing ten and drawing the other. West Indies were whitewashed in two of the three Test series in Australia (in 2000 and 2005) but did not suffer this fate a single time in four home series against their opponents.

West Indies’ record against Australia in Tests since 1998
Host country Mat Won Lost Draw Loss %
West Indies 14 3 9 2 64.29
Australia 11 0 10 1 90.91

47.9 Batting strike rate in Test matches played in the West Indies over the last 10 years, the lowest for any Test nation. The only other countries where batsmen scored at a strike rate of less than 50 in this period were Zimbabwe and UAE.31.6 Bowling average of spinners in the West Indies over the last five years, the best among Test nations. Spinners have taken almost 15 wickets per match in the West Indies in this period, the most in any country outside Asia. They have also taken 15 five-wicket hauls in the West Indies over this period, again the most outside Asia.

Spin bowling in various countries over the last five years
Host Country Mat Wkts Ave Econ SR 5 10 Wkts/mat
West Indies 23 311 31.59 2.86 66.0 15 3 13.5
Zimbabwe 8 106 31.83 2.82 67.5 3 1 13.3
India 20 385 31.85 2.90 65.7 24 4 19.3
U.A.E 18 302 34.64 2.85 72.9 13 2 16.8
Sri Lanka 22 356 34.87 2.93 71.3 24 5 16.2
England 36 254 37.74 3.20 70.6 11 1 7.1
Bangladesh 15 281 39.87 3.28 72.8 16 1 18.7
South Africa 21 137 40.20 3.14 76.5 5 1 6.5
Australia 26 168 48.98 3.41 85.9 5 1 6.5
New Zealand 16 86 49.27 2.80 105.5 1 0 5.4

28.7 Batting average of West Indies’ players at home over the last five years, the poorest for any top-eight team at home. Their batsmen average 30.02 in away Tests over the same period. West Indies are the only team whose batsmen, over the last five years, have a better average and strike in away Tests.

Team-wise batting – Home and away – last five years
Team Mat (H) Ave (H) SR (H) Mat (A) Ave (A) SR (A) Avg diff SR diff
Australia 26 39.17 58.51 26 28.81 49.84 10.36 8.67
Bangladesh 15 33.56 53.58 8 24.84 48.51 8.72 5.07
England 34 37.59 52.43 25 30.63 47.34 6.96 5.09
India 20 40.50 55.41 30 28.40 50.24 12.1 5.17
New Zealand 16 36.06 52.65 26 27.75 49.40 8.31 3.25
Pakistan NA NA NA 43 32.67 47.79 NA NA
South Africa 21 37.64 54.40 19 41.50 48.95 -3.86 5.45
Sri Lanka 22 36.33 50.28 21 31.70 48.48 4.63 1.80
West Indies 23 28.71 47.27 21 30.02 51.12 -1.31 -3.85
Zimbabwe 8 27.48 43.72 6 18.44 46.75 9.04 -3.03

3 West Indies batsmen who have scored 1500 Test runs over the last five years, the fewest for any top-eight nation. They are Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3198), Darren Bravo (2548) and Marlon Samuels (2068). Chanderpaul is not playing the first Test. Seven Australia batsmen have scored more than 1500 runs in this period, the second-best for any team after India (8).