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Port of Spain ODI records: Queen Park Oval ODI record batting and bowling and highest innings total

Dixit Bhargav
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Port of Spain ODI records: Queen Park Oval ODI record batting and bowling and highest innings total

Port of Spain ODI records and highest innings total: Queen’s Park Oval will be hosting an international match after almost three years.

From playing an ODI against England in Manchester on Sunday, India have traveled to a totally different part of the world to be in readiness for another ODI against West Indies in Port of Spain on Friday.

The first of the three ODIs, all to be played at the Queen’s Park Oval, will mark the return of international cricket in Trinidad. It is worth mentioning that the last international match at this venue was also a West Indies vs India ODI played almost three years ago.

West Indies, who’ve played 57 out of 69 Port of Spain ODIs, have won 27 and lost 25 over the years. India, on the other hand, have a slightly better win percentage than the hosts as they’ve won 11 and lost nine out of their 21 ODIs at this venue. Readers must note that India’s last ODI loss in Trinidad had come during the infamous ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 match against Sri Lanka.

Port of Spain ODI records (updated)

Highest run-scorers in Port of Spain ODIs are Brian Lara (1,276), Desmond Haynes (828), Richie Richardson (652), Chris Gayle (612) and Phil Simmons (599). A list of best ODI batters at this venue among active cricketers is given below:

BatterMatchesRunsHighestAverageSR10050
Chris Gayle (WI)216128429.1481.2706
Virat Kohli (IND)957112081.5797.132
Shikhar Dhawan (IND)104399743.988.3205
Rohit Sharma (IND)725568*63.7567.2802
Shreyas Iyer (IND)42537163.25106.7504
Shai Hope (WI)623211546.476.5611

Highest ODI wicket-takers at Queen’s Park Oval are Curtly Ambrose (24), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (15), Mervyn Dillon (15), Gayle (15) and Courtney Walsh (15). A list of best ODI bowlers at this venue among active cricketers is given below:

BowlerMatchesWicketsAverageEconomySR
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (IND)7159.933.7216
Chris Gayle (WI)2115264.1937.2
Ravindra Jadeja (IND)51012.54.3317.3
Alzarri Joseph (WI)4733.286.4730.8
Angelo Mathews (SL)36123.1323

Since a lot of cricketers taking part in this series haven’t played many ODIs here, there aren’t a lot of records with respect to them.

Highest innings total at Queen’s Park Oval (updated)

ScoreOversTeamOppositionYear
413/550IndiaBermuda2007
338/750ZimbabweBermuda2006
321/650Sri LankaBermuda2007
318/450Sri LankaBangladesh2007
315/447West IndiesPakistan1988

Post the 2007 World Cup, there had only been one 300+ ODI innings total at the Port of Spain until the start of this series where both the teams have scored in excess of 300 runs each time they’ve batted.

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Interestingly, a 300+ target had never been achieved at this venue in this format with West Indies chasing a 272-run target in 40.1 overs against Pakistan 34 years ago remaining the highest run-chase. Even that changed in the last ODI when India sealed a 312-run target in the last over.

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Dixit Bhargav

Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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