Final: West Indies vs England at Kolkata (discussion)

West Indies' run to the final of the World Twenty20 is a boost to Caribbean cricket, says captain Darren Sammy.

West Indies have won only one Test series since 2013 and have been dogged by financial disputes, but both men and women have reached their T20 finals and the U19s won the World Cup in February.

"We came on a mission inspired by the under-19s and the ladies," said Sammy.

"Now we have two West Indies teams in the final and I know that means a lot to the Caribbean."

As part of financial disputes with the West Indies Cricket Board, players pulled out of a tour of India in 2014 and only signed contracts to take part in the World Twenty20 a month before it was due to start.

Trevor Bayliss England's Coach with Ottis Gibson.


Can any  KKR  fan tell us how well he knows anDRE RUSsel    ??


Come on down ! 

www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/trevor-bayl...06bfac7b302c5f15ef51

It’s in India where Bayliss has truly established himself among the T20 coaching elite.

He took on the head coaching job of the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2012 season

Bayliss led KKR to their inaugural IPL title in his first season at the helm

and backed up again last year to lift the trophy for a second time.

Russel join in 2014 , so 2 seasons including an IPL Championship

for BOTH in 2015  !

There have been just 5 prior T20I matches played at Eden Gardens. Not a lot of data to work with, but a few pertinent numbers:

Highest score is 201/5 set by Pakistan against Bangladesh. Lowest score is Bangladesh's 70 against New Zealand.

Average score is 135. Average first innings score is 147.

Four of the five captains to win the toss have chosen to bat first.

Teams batting first have won 2 matches. Teams chasing have won 3 matches.

IPL stats courtesy of Cricmetric:

www.cricmetric.com/venue.py?venue=eden+garden#TWENTY20Stats

Teams batting second have won 60% of the time.

Average first innings scores last 5 years:

2015: 176
2014: 162
2013: 147
2012: 148
2011: 136

Off spinners have fared very well here. Leg spinners not so much.

Well IF all the tapes of Russel bowling has been analysed by KKR coach Bayliss

Onry will just have to Bowl his full complement of Off Spin !

Badree cannot Turn the Ball like Rashid.

Moeen  and Gayle can contain .

I just want 22 yards long and probably six feet wide.

That's a good cricket wicket.

West Indies captain Darren Sammy on the pitch he wants for the World T20

semi-final against India.

This current England crop of players have the potential to not only become number 1 in tests, ODI and T20s but can dominate.

I expect us to win today but congratulations to both teams for getting to the final and I wish both teams the very best.

Go England!