Zimbabwe vs West Indies Test series 2022
2nd Test:
Second and last Test of the 2 match series between Zimbabwe and West Indies is going to be played at the Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo starting from February 12th 2023.
Zimbabwe vs West Indies History:
Overall:
Series:
This is going to be the sixth bilateral series between the teams, The host never won the series, yet. Whereas the opponent won all 5 times.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 5 series in a span of 23 years, from 1999-00 to present, where the Zimbabwe team won 0 times and West Indies won 5 times.
The longest streak with a draw between the teams is 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 series, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 5 series from 1999–00 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 5 series from 1999–00 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against West Indies are LLLLL.
Matches:
The teams completed 11 meetings in the longest format of cricket, till date. The host won 0 times, whereas the opponent won 7 times with 4 draws.
The teams played 4 consecutive tests without any draw in the span of 14 years from 2003 to 2017, in which Zimbabwe never won and West Indies won all 4 matches.
The teams played 2 consecutive draws (twice) from 2001 to 2003 and from 2017 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 matches, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 2 matches from 2001 to 2003.
The consecutive winning streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 4 matches from 2003 to 2017.
The longest unbeaten streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 10 matches from 2000 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against West Indies are DDLLL.
Clive Lloyd Trophy:
The test series between the teams was named Clive Lloyd Trophy since the 2001 series.
Series:
This is going to be the fifth bilateral series between the teams, The host never won the series, yet. Whereas the opponent won all 4 times.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 4 series in a span of 21 years, from 2001 to present, where the Zimbabwe team won 0 times and West Indies won 4 times.
The longest streak with a draw between the teams is 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 series, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 4 series from 2001 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 4 series from 2001 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against West Indies are LLLL -.
Matches:
The teams completed 9 meetings in the longest format of cricket, till date. The host won 0 times, whereas the opponent won 5 times with 4 draws.
The teams played 4 consecutive tests without any draw in the span of 14 years from 2003 to 2017, in which Zimbabwe never won and West Indies won all 4 matches.
The teams played 2 consecutive draws (twice) from 2001 to 2003 and from 2017 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 matches, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 2 matches from 2001 to 2003.
The consecutive winning streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 4 matches from 2003 to 2017.
The longest unbeaten streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 10 matches from 2000 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against West Indies are DDLLL.
Zimbabwean Backyard:
Series:
At Zimbabwean backyard, the teams met to play bilateral series 3 times, out of them, Zimbabwe won the series 0 times and the visitors won the series thrice.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 3 series in a span of 21 years, from 2001 to present, where Zimbabwe won 0 series and West Indies won all three (3).
The longest streak with a draw between the teams is 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 series, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 3 series from 2001 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 3 series from 2001 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against West Indies are LLL – -.
Matches:
On the soil of Zimbabwe, the teams faced each other 7 times. out of them, Zimbabwe never received any victory, yet, and defeated 3 times with 4 draws.
The teams played 2 consecutive tests without any draw in the span of 14 years from 2003 to 2017, where the home side won 0 times and the opponent won both times.
The teams played 2 consecutive draws (twice) from 2001 to 2003 and from 2017 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 matches, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 2 matches from 2001 to 2003.
The consecutive winning streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 2 matches from 2003 to 2017.
The longest unbeaten streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 6 matches from 2001 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against West Indies are DDLLD.
Clive Lloyd Trophy at Zimbabwean Backyard:
Series:
At Zimbabwean backyard, the teams met to play bilateral series 3 times, out of them, Zimbabwe won the series 0 times and the visitors won the series thrice.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 3 series in a span of 21 years, from 2001 to present, where Zimbabwe won 0 series and West Indies won all three (3).
The longest streak with a draw between the teams is 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 series, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 3 series from 2001 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 3 series from 2001 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against West Indies are LLL – -.
Matches:
On the soil of Zimbabwe, the teams faced each other 7 times. out of them, Zimbabwe never received any victory, yet, and defeated 3 times with 4 draws.
The teams played 2 consecutive tests without any draw in the span of 14 years from 2003 to 2017, where the home side won 0 times and the opponent won both times.
The teams played 2 consecutive draws (twice) from 2001 to 2003 and from 2017 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 0 matches, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for the Zimbabwe team against West Indies was 2 matches from 2001 to 2003.
The consecutive winning streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 2 matches from 2003 to 2017.
The longest unbeaten streak for the West Indies team against Zimbabwe was 6 matches from 2001 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against West Indies are DDLLD.
Points and Rankings:
The series is the comparison between the tenth rank (Zimbabwe (25)) and eighth rank (West Indies (79)) teams. The host is 54 points behind the visitors.
Zimbabwe:
The team completed 116 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 13 times and lost 74 times. 29 times, the plays were completed as a Draw.
If the home team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 4 points without impact in the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 30 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will gain a couple (2) of points without impact in the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will gain 24 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
Drawing the series will help the team to gain 13 points without impact in the ranking.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe are LLDLL.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe are DLLLL.
West Indies:
The team completed 568 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 181 times and lost 206 times. 1 game concluded as a tie. 180 times, the plays were completed as a Draw.
If the visiting team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 9 points without impact in the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will lose 8 points without impact in the ranking. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will lose a (1) point without impact in the ranking.
Drawing the series will cause the team to lose 4 points without impact in the ranking.
Last 5 (completed) series results of West Indies are LWWLD.
Last 5 (completed) match results of West Indies are DLLWW.
Weather:
Weather forecast of Bulawayo shows the weather would be partly cloudy on the first day, but then scattered thunderstorms would be expected on the second day, and thunderstorms would be expected on the remaining three days of the engagement. There would be extremely less chances of rain on the first day, average chances of the rain on the second day and extremely high chances of the rain for the remaining three days, as the precipitation percentage would be between 10%, 45%, 94%, 86% and 86% on all five (5) days, respectively. The temperature would be between 25 to 29 Celsius during play. The wind would be between 12 to 17 km/h.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 19 times in 24 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the teams won 4 times and lost 8 times. Seven (7) engagements resulted in a draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are DDWWL.
The teams never lost any battle after choosing to bat first since 2016.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to field first, the team won 3 times and without any loss with a couple (2) of draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWDWD.
The teams never chose to field first after winning the toss since 2011.
The longest streak without a draw at the venue was a 8 match run in a span of 13 years, from 2004 to 2017.
The longest streak with a draw at the venue was 4 matches from 1996 to 2000.
The first batting team won the matches 4 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the match 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are DDWWL.
The home team never won a match after having batted first, till date.
Overall, 7 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are DDWWL.
Home Side:
Particularly, for Zimbabwe, the team won the toss 16 times in 24 played games. The team won once and lost 8 times with 7 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue, while winning the toss, are DLLLD.
The team never chose to field first after winning the toss since 2004.
The side never won any outing after choosing to bat first, till date.
The team never won any outing after winning the toss since 2001.
The team never lost any battle after choosing to field first, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue, while losing the toss, are DLLLL.
The host has never been sent to bat after losing the toss since 2011.
The home side never won any match after losing the toss, till date.
Scores:
The lowest defended total was 233 in 2003, and the highest successful chase was 184 runs in 2001.
The first innings lowest total was 155 runs in 2001, and the highest total was 582 runs (declared with 6 wickets in hand) in 2016. For the second innings, the lowest total was 159 runs in 2017, whereas the highest was 713 runs (declared with 7 wickets in hand) in 2004. For the third inning, the lowest total was 119 runs (completed innings) in 2000, whereas the highest was 373 runs in 2017. And for the fourth inning, the lowest total was 104 runs (completed innings) in 2003, whereas the highest was 331 runs in 2011.
The batting average of the first innings is 33.22 and 44.88 is for the second innings. The batting average of the third innings is 27.14, and 29.94 is for the fourth innings.
Test History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 5 times at the venue. The home team is still searching for the first win against the opponent. The foreign team won thrice. A couple (2) of encounters resulted in a draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against West Indies at the venue are DDLLL.
Teams’ Test History at Venue:
The Home Team:
The home side has a horrendous record at the venue. The team won 1 time and lost 14 times with 9 draws in 24 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue are DDLLL.
The only win for the team was in 2001.
The Visiting Team:
The visiting team has a dreams record, as the team won thrice without any loss with a couple (2) of draws in 5 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of West Indies at the venue are DDWWW.
Selecting XI for both the Teams:
Zimbabwe:
The side may go with the same XI.
Zimbabwe Eleven: I. Kaia, T. Makoni, C. Chibhabha, C. Ervine, G. Ballance, T. Tsiga, B. Mavuta, B. Evans, W. Masakadza, V. Nyauchi, R. Ngarava
West Indies:
The team may go with an unchanged XI.
West Indies Eleven: K. Brathwaite, T. Chanderpaul, R. Reifer, J. Blackwood, K. Mayers, R. Chase, J. Da Silva, J. Holder, A. Joseph, G. Motie, K. Roach
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://hindi.opoyi.com/sports/queens-sports-club-bulawayo-pitch-report-in-hindi-cricket-records-stats-zimbabwe/ *Notes: https://www.cricadium.com/zim-vs-wi-dream-11-prediction-zim-vs-wi-1st-test-dream11-team-tips-for-today-match-february-4th-2023/
