Dot Balls

In T20, the block-or-bash method has not hindered West Indies

the immense power in the batting order - over a short duration -

means they can overcome dot balls by clearing the boundary.

But in the 50-over game, an innings such as Gayle's 37 off 27 balls

Samuels fell for 17 off 46 deliveries, 31 of which were dot balls.

from top-order  batsmen has less chance of defining a game, a point that was

explored in greater detail in this feature (click)

• [li]TRINIDADDY:[/li]
  [li]man we suck so hard at ODIs[/li]
  [li]Yesterday at 12:37 PM[/li]
  

  ketchim:

• [li]133 dot balls so far ![/li]
  [li]Yesterday at 12:09 PM[/li]
  

ketchim:
52 runs off 17 outta 42 overs : from Samuels and Hope.
Yesterday at 01:04 PM

ketchim:
over 20 overs of Dot balls: we suck
Yesterday at 12:55 PM

Overall, there were 142 dot balls in West Indies' 42 overs at Old Trafford

- 56.34% of the innings -

Chasing 369

gooooo cccwwwiii ! 

West Indies won the toss and chose to field first on an overcast but dry day at Bristol

as they looked to take early advantage of a green-tinged wicket in the third ODI

and battle back from 1-0 down.