Afghanistan vs West Indies, ICC World Cup 2019 Match Preview: Venue, Telecast, Squads, Head to Head and more

The 42nd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will see the two bottom ranked teams clash against each other in the final match of their below par campaign. West Indies started the tournament with a bang, bouncing out Pakistan in the opening game and almost gave the defending champions a scare in the next. After that they have lost all their games in spite of showing promise in all three departments. Jason Holder led side will look to come hard against the Afghans and end their campaign on a high by beating them. West Indies can take heart from the fact that they have found several stars to carry on the legacy of West Indies cricket. They are in good stead going forward with the likes of Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer and Oshane Thomas putting up some spirited performances in spite of not being able to take them into the knockouts.

Afghanistan on the other hand, are yet to taste any kind of success in this tournament. They managed to get close against India and in few other games but failed to get the coveted win. In fact, their last World Cup game win was in the 2015 edition, 11 games ago, when they beat Scotland at Dunedin. They enjoy a very good head to head record against the West Indies in ODIs and tomorrow might be the day where they might get their second World Cup win.

Match Details:

Venue: The World Cup match between West Indies and Afghanistan will be played at Headingley, Leeds on 4th July 2019.

Time: The match will begin at 15.00 HRS IST and the toss will happen at 14.30 HRS IST.

Telecast details: The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network in both standard as well as HD format and the live streaming is available on Hotstar.

Squads:

West Indies: Jason Holder (c), Chris Gayle, Shai Hope (wk), Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Sheldon Cottrell, Shanon Gabriel, Oshane Thomas, Kemar Roach, Darren Bravo, Andre Russell and Fabian Allen.

Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib(c), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Ali Khil(wk), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Sayed Shirzad, Hamid Hassan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Recent Form:

West Indies: Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost

Afghanistan: Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost

Head to Head Stats:

In ODIs: Played-5, Afghanistan-3, West Indies-1, No Result-1.

In World Cups: West Indies are yet to play Afghanistan in World Cups.

At this venue:

Highest total: 351 for 9 by England against Pakistan on 19th May 2019.

Lowest total: 93 by England against Australia on 18th Jun 1975.

Avg first innings score: 226

Avg second innings score: 207