KENSINGTON OVAL: TIDBITS

That was Maco home ground :

Like Roach this weekend ! 

QUESTION 6:

* How many wickets have Kemar Roach and Sulieman Benn taken on their home ground ?

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Roach 13 , Benn 12 :

afte 6 Innings each .....mediocre stuff !

* Roach's 13 wickets in 6 innings = 2.16 wkts per innings

* Benn's 12 wickets in 6 innings = 2.0 wkts per innings


QUESTION:

* Did you know that if a bowler averages 2 wkts per innings over his entire test career that bowler would have had a great career ?

* Check the wkt per innings stats of the top 6 wicket takers in WI history: Walsh, Ambrose, Marshall, Gibbs, Garner and Holding

Click on the link for bowling stats:

stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/i...results;type=bowling

EXAMPLE:

* Walsh took 519 wickets in 242 innings----> 2.14 wkts per innings


RE: ROACH & BENN ---in their careers to date

* Roach has taken 92 wickets in 46 innings----2.0 wkts per innings

* Benn has taken 60 wkts in 30 innings

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2.0 wkts per innings

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• This will be West Indies' 50th Test at Kensington Oval. They have won 22, lost 10 and drawn 27

• New Zealand registered their first Test win in the West Indies in 2002, at Kensington Oval 

• New Zealand beat West Indies six times in 30 Tests till 2000, and six times in 14 games after the turn of the century

"It's beautiful, a great atmosphere. Good wicket to bat on at all times.

Barbados is very passionate about the game.

A fantastic ground, love playing here personally, you get quality for your shots."


West Indies batsman Chris Gayle

* Did Chris Gayle really say he loves playing at Kensington ?

* Maybe in onedayers and T20s, but surely not in tests.

* In 11 tests at Kensington Gayle has averaged 26.57 with no hundred and 4 fifties.

stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/i...results;type=batting

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Rain is likely over the next five days, but if forecasts are to be believed the weather will

not disrupt the Test too much.

It is the pitch the teams will be keeping a careful eye on.


"Kensington always has a little bit in it for the bowlers as well," ..Ottis Gibson,

New Zealand will not mind that either.  ::LOL::

BTW Folks ...the most impressive Tidbit : ( drum roll , please) 

Yours truly played there against the Spartan Cricket Club.

Garfield Sobers came at the end for the Presentations.

The Merril Lynch sponsored XI from Toronto took a licking.

* You played at Kensington ?

* COOL!

* Hope the WI don't take a licking like your Merrill Lynch sponsored team from Toronto. ;D

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