West Indies vs England 2019, 3rd ODI: Match Details, Key Players and Predicted XI

West Indies made a sensational comeback in the second ODI to level the series at 1-1. After losing their first encounter against England despite an excellent batting display, the home team emerged victorious by 26 runs in the second.

The Windies are now set to host the English Lions for the third ODI at National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada. The upcoming contest is nicely poised for both the teams as they would be eyeing to take the lead in the 5-match ODI series.

The home side have been on a roll since the beginning of this tour. Having won the Test series 2-1, the Windies would be hoping to seal the ODI series as well in the upcoming matches.

They bounced back in style to land a counterpunch in the second match. Shimron Hetmyer played an exceptional knock, remaining unbeaten at 104 to make sure his team ended up with 289 runs on the board. Later on, Sheldon Cottrell took a five-wicket haul to get his team across the finishing line.

On the other hand, England will be disappointed by their performance in the last match. Having won the toss, they elected to field first hoping to repeat the same feat like the first ODI. However, that was not to be as the visitors ended up on the losing side while chasing a decent total.

England bowled well to restrict the hosts under 300, and the stage was set for the batting unit to do their job. But after a flurry of early wickets, the English team was all out for 263 runs.

The World No.1 ODI side will be desperate to perform well heading into the third match.

Match details

Date: Monday, February 25, 2019

Time: 7 PM IST

Venue: National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada

Live Telecast: Sony Network

Online Streaming: Sonyliv.com

Ground Stats

Total Matches: 21

Matches won batting first: 8

Matches won bowling first: 13

Average 1st Inns score: 237

Average 2nd Inns score: 196

Highest total recorded: 356/4 (50 Ov) by RSA vs WI

Lowest total recorded: 70/10 (24.4 Ov) by BAN vs WI

Highest score chased: 274/3 (49 Ov) by WI vs ZIM

Lowest score defended: 248/6 (50 Ov) by WI vs PAK

Head-to-head (last five ODIs)

Windies – 1, England – 4

Recent Form

Windies – W L L W L

England – L W L W W

Team news

England

Chris Woakes could return to the playing XI to replace Moeen Ali or Tom Curran.

Windies

Windies are likely to go with an unchanged team after a winning performance. Kemar Roach has been ruled out of the ODI series.

Andre Russell will be available for the fourth and fifth ODIs.

SQUADS

England

Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (w), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood, Alex Hales, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, David Willey

Windies

Chris Gayle, John Campbell, Shai Hope (w), Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Darren Bravo, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell, Fabian Allen

Key players

England

- Jason Roy

- Joe Root

- Ben Stokes

West Indies

- Chris Gayle

- Shimron Hetmyer

- Jason Holder

Probable Playing XI

England

Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (w), Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood, Tom Curran

Windies

Chris Gayle, John Campbell, Shai Hope (w), Shimron Hetmyer, Darren Bravo, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Devendra Bishoo, Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell