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WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players to watch out for in West Indies vs England feat Joe Root and Jason Holder, find out more

WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players to watch out for in West Indies vs England feat Joe Root and Jason Holder, find out more

WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players of West Indies vs England – As England takes on West Indies in the upcoming three-match Test series, the focus of the fans and spectators will be on some of the key players of each squad. Here we take a look at the top 5 players like Joe […]

WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players of West Indies vs England – As England takes on West Indies in the upcoming three-match Test series, the focus of the fans and spectators will be on some of the key players of each squad. Here we take a look at the top 5 players like Joe Root, Jayden Seales, Mark Wood, and others to watch out for in this series. Follow England Tour of West Indies and WI vs ENG 1st Test Live Updates on InsideSport.IN

WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players to watch out for in West Indies vs England feat Joe Root and Jason Holder, find out more

WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players to watch out for in West Indies vs England feat Joe Root and Jason Holder, find out more
Joe Root will lead England for a three-match test series against West Indies

Also Read: WI vs ENG Test Series: West Indies vs England Full Squad, Captain, Schedule, Date, Time, Live Streaming, Venue, all you need to know England tour of West Indies 2022

 

Joe Root: The 31-year-old English skipper will be one of the key players for England. With 114 test matches under his belt and 9600 runs in red-ball format, he is one of the most experienced players in test cricket in recent times. A versatile and magnificent batter with 23 test hundred and close to 50 average in batting, we can expect Root to cross the 10000 run mark in this series. Joe Root is currently the second batsman to have played most matches as captain. With 61 matches as skipper of the squad, he sits behind Virat Kohli who played 68 matches as a skipper.

Jayden Seales: 20-year-old Jayden Seales will be a key player for West Indies, as the Caribbean side will be banking on the young pacer for his fiery bowling against the England batters. Seales stunned the world when he made his debut against South Africa in 2021 and ended the series after scalping 16 wickets in 4 games. With a bowling average of 21.13, we can Seales to rain fire with his bowling in bouncy West Indies pitches.

WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players to watch out for in West Indies vs England feat Joe Root and Jason Holder, find out more

Also Read: WI vs ENG: Resurgent England eyeing to better their head to head stats against West Indies after Ashes 2022 mishap

Ben Stokes: Being one of the most complete all-rounders in the game, naturally Ben Stokes will be a player to wat out for. Having played 76 test matches, Stokes will be eyeing some personal records in this upcoming tournament. With 4867 test runs under his belt, he will be aiming for the 5000 run mark in the next three games. He also has 953 runs against West Indies and will surely cross the 1000 run mark. Stokes has his highest test batting average (52.94) against West Indies and thus we can expect him to score a couple of big scores. The equally versatile pacer has a total of 167 test wickets among which 31 of those are against West Indies.

WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players to watch out for in West Indies vs England feat Joe Root and Jason Holder, find out more
Jason Holder will be one of the key players for West Indies in the test series against England

Jason Holder: Jason Holder needs no introduction for anyone. The bowling all-rounder is one of the most prized players of the West Indies squad. Jason Holder has 138 wickets in 53 matches and will be eyeing the 150 wicket mark. Holder’s favourite hunting opponent is England after having picked 33 wickets against the side and would surely try to up his stats. Equally versatile with the bat, he has scored 2477 runs and would chase the 2500 run mark in this series. With 577 runs against England and his highest ever Test score of 202 not out against the English side, Holder would be eyeing to go at the oppisition.

Mark Wood: Mark Wood would be spearheading the English pace lineup with Chris Woakes. Wood has 81 wickets in 25 test matches with a fair average of 31.75. He has rarely faced the Caribbean side, as he has played just 2 games against this opposition. Wood has 8 wickets against the Windies and would be eyeing to wreak havoc on the West Indian batters.

WI vs ENG Test Series: Top 5 Players to watch out for in West Indies vs England feat Joe Root and Jason Holder, find out more

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