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West Indies has written a new history in cricket. It has become the first team in the world for which spin bowlers have bowled all 50 overs in the entire innings of an ODI match. For West Indies, all 50 overs in the second ODI were bowled by spinners, against whom Bangladesh could score only 213 runs. Akil Hussain, Roston Chase, Khary Pierre, Gudakesh Moti and Alick Athanaje bowled 10 overs each for the Caribbean team. This has happened for the first time in men’s ODI cricket.
The West Indies team had included only all-rounder Justin Greaves in the playing eleven as a fast bowling option. West Indies captain Shai Hope did not bowl to him in the entire 50 overs. Alek Athanaze usually does not bowl full 10 overs in ODI matches, but this time he took 2 wickets for just 14 runs in 10 overs. Gudakesh Moti was the most expensive but also the most successful bowler of the team. He took 3 wickets for 65 runs in 10 overs at an economy rate of 6.50.
This is the same pitch where the first ODI match of both the teams was played. In that match, Bangladesh defeated West Indies by 74 runs on the basis of Rishad Hussain’s 6 wickets. This time West Indies chose a spin dominant team and this strategy has proved effective to a great extent.
Most overs by spinners in an ODI innings
Earlier, Sri Lanka held the record of most overs bowled by spinners in a single ODI innings. In the 1996 ODI match against West Indies, Sri Lankan spinners bowled 44 overs. Sri Lanka has 8 out of the first 9 places in this list. Sri Lanka has many times bowled more than 40 overs with spinners in an ODI inning. Whereas for India, 41.2 overs were bowled by spin bowlers against West Indies in 2011.
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