West Indies vs England 2024 T20I series: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St. Lucia pitch history and T20I records
Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium will play host to the third T20I of the series between West Indies and England today. The start time for the match is 4pm Local Time on November 14 (1.30am IST on November 15).
England have a 2-0 lead in the five-match series right now. West Indies will be keen to win tonight's battle in St. Lucia to keep the T20I series alive. Meanwhile, England will aim to gain an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Some big names of T20 world like Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran, Evin Lewis, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran will be in action tonight. Before the game begins, here's a glance at the pitch history and T20I records of Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.
Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St. Lucia T20I stats and records
St. Lucia has hosted 24 T20 matches so far. Interestingly, teams losing the toss have won 13 out of the 24 games at this venue. Back in 2010, Indian batter Suresh Raina scored a century against South Africa in a T20 World Cup game on this ground.
Here are some other important stats to know from previous T20Is hosted by the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium:
T20I matches played: 24
Won by teams batting first: 13
Won by teams batting second: 11
Highest team total: 218/5 - West Indies vs Afghanistan, 2024
Lowest team total: 105 - West Indies vs Australia, 2010
Highest successful run-chase: 197/7 - Australia vs Pakistan, 2010
Average first innings score: 168
Highest individual score: 101 - Suresh Raina (IND) vs South Africa, 2010
Best bowling figures: 4/17 - Devendra Bishoo (WI) vs Pakistan, 2011
Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St. Lucia pitch report
The pitch report for the third T20I between England and West Indies will be broadcast live before the toss takes place. Generally, the pitch has been decent for batting. In a T20I match played earlier this year in St. Lucia, West Indies scored 218 runs against Afghanistan.
West Indies have a 6-5 win-loss record in T20I matches on this ground. The captain winning the toss may prefer batting first, looking at the success that teams batting first have achieved here.
Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St. Lucia last T20I match
India beat Australia by 24 runs in the last T20I hosted by this stadium on June 24, 2024. It was a Super 8 round game of T20 World Cup, where Rohit Sharma's magnificent 92-run knock helped the Men in Blue reach 205/5 in 20 overs. In response, the Aussies managed 181/7 despite a half-century from Travis Head.
12 wickets fell in the 40 overs of that contest, where spinners picked up three wickets. The batters smashed total 24 sixes in that game.
Brief scores: India 205/5 (Rohit Sharma 92, Mitchell Starc 2/45) beat Australia 181/7 (Travis Head 76, Arshdeep Singh 3/37) by 24 runs.