ODI · Men
285average first-innings score
from 21 innings
13 of 21 matches with a winner
Batting first wins more often
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Test · Men · 3 matches, 22 Jun 2006 to 20 May 2011
Records come from the matches in our archive, which starts in the 2000s for most grounds, so older records may be missing. Super overs are left out. Lowest all-out counts only innings that lost all ten wickets.
ODI · Men
285average first-innings score
from 21 innings
13 of 21 matches with a winner
Batting first wins more often
ODI · Women
208average first-innings score
from 6 innings
3 of 6 matches with a winner
T20 · Men
168average first-innings score
from 96 innings
44 of 103 matches with a winner · 5 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
T20 · Women
127average first-innings score
from 6 innings
3 of 6 matches with a winner · 1 drawn, tied or no result
From every completed match here in our archive. Averages leave out no-results and rain-adjusted (DLS) games; a format is shown only with at least five matches. Batting first is the side that batted in the first innings. Pitches change from season to season, so treat these as a long-run guide.
One-day (50 overs) · Men
271par first-innings score
usually 219–313
248 batting first wins about 38% of the time here
293 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 19 first innings at Warner Park, St Kitts, recent seasons counting most.
One-day (50 overs) · Women
231par first-innings score
usually 188–276
209 batting first wins about 32% of the time here
254 batting first wins about 63% of the time here
From 6 first innings at Warner Park, St Kitts, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Men
188par first-innings score
usually 155–215
173 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
203 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 94 first innings at Warner Park, St Kitts, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Women
136par first-innings score
usually 113–160
121 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
151 batting first wins about 72% of the time here
From 6 first innings at Warner Park, St Kitts, recent seasons counting most.
A prediction, not a certainty. For fun and insight, not betting.
Par is the recent average first-innings score in the format, adjusted for how this ground and its country have played, leaning on the wider average when a ground has few matches. “Usually” is the middle half of first innings. Only full first innings count (all out or the full overs; no rain-shortened games).
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