England v Scotland: The essential stats to help keep you ahead of the game

As the two neighbours prepare for a Battle of Britain in Barbados, we take a look at the figures that will make sure you’re informed

England begin their defence of the T20 World Cup tomorrow at the renowned Kensington Oval, in Barbados, and we’ve teamed up with Cricket Archive to take a look at the stats in men’s international T20 matches at Bridgetown and help you gauge how the game might go.

The ground will host nine matches in this year’s event including the final on Sunday, June 30th. Prior to the tournament, it has hosted 23 matches  - with the first being the visit of Australia to the west Indies in 2008.

In the 22 of those games where the match was not weather-affected, the par first innings score is 161 at a run-rate of 8.11 per over. This drops to 141 runs in the second innings at 7.50 runs per over.

Captains winning the toss and batting first have a 90% win-rate, with the side who lose the toss winning only one at the venue. Only five times out of 12 when the skipper has elected to bowl first have his side gone on to win, giving a far lower win percentage of 41%.

The biggest winning margin in Barbados is 81 runs, which occurred in 2010 when Australia beat Sri Lanka in a group game at the previous T20 World Cup held in the West Indie. The biggest winning margin in terms of wickers remaining is nine, which occurred when the West Indies defeated England in January 2022.

Scotland will play at least two games in Barbados during this World Cup but have never played an IT20 at the venue before, whereas England won all three of their games in Bridgetown in 2010 World Cup – including. of course, the 2010 final when they beat Australia by 7 wickets. Outside of World Cups, England have won three and lost six in bilateral matches at the ground against the West Indies.

The average first innings powerplay score is 46, ranging between the highest score of 77 and a lowest of 24. In the second innings, the average is 41 with a high of 61 and low of 23.

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