WI vs IRE (West Indies vs Ireland), 1st ODI - Match Information
Match: West Indies vs Ireland, 1st ODI
Date: 8th January 2022
Time: 08:00 PM IST
Venue: Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
West Indies vs Ireland Dream11 Team WI vs IRE Dream11 Prediction 1st ODI 8th January Fantasy Gully
WI vs IRE, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica is a balanced pitch. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 5 matches is 232 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 20% of its matches. The team winning the toss will look to bowl first here.
The pacers have earned 66% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea.
WI vs IRE, Head to Head
In the 12 matches played between these 2 teams, West Indies have won 10 matches and Ireland have won 1 match. Ireland do not have a good record against West Indies. We expect the trend to continue. West Indies Bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while Batsmans have earned the most fantasy points for Ireland.
WI vs IRE Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Shai Hope
Shai Hope is in sublime form as in his 5 ODIs last year he scored 310 runs which included a century and 2 fifties. It will be interesting to see if he does wicketkeeping in this match and that can give extra fantasy points.
Harry Tector
Harry Tector has done decently well in his last 5 ODIs as his scores in these read 13*, 55, 50, 29 & 79 runs respectively.
WI vs IRE Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Alzarri Joseph
Alzarri Joseph has a good record against Ireland as in his 3 ODIs against them he has picked up 8 wickets. Talking about his form, he has picked up at least a wicket in each of his last 7 ODIs (total 12 wickets) and thus fantasy points are guaranteed with him.
Akeal Hosein
Akeal Hosein has taken 1, 3, 2, 3 and 1 wickets respectively in his last 5 ODIs and thus is in good form.
Andy McBrine
Andy McBrine can give good fantasy points as in 7 out of his last 8 ODIs, he had taken at least a wicket. Also, in his last 4 ODIs against West Indies he has taken three 2-fers.
WI vs IRE Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Simi Singh
Simi Singh had a great 2021 in ODIs as in his 13 matches he scored a total of 280 runs and also took 19 wickets. In his 3 ODIs against West Indies, he had taken 6 wickets and also scored 49 handy runs.
Curtis Campher
Curtis Campher might be only 10 ODIs old, but he has scored 359 runs and taken 8 wickets in these matches and thus can give fantasy points with both bat and ball.
Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard might not have taken any wickets in his last 4 ODIs, but he certainly has scored some runs (122 runs) which includes 2 fifties. As a captain he certainly has a slightly better record off late and thus he can come good in this fixture.
WI vs IRE Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
Shai Hope has an average of 84 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.8 and a low XFactor.
Simi Singh has an average of 66 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.3 and a medium XFactor.
Alzarri Joseph has an average of 59 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.6 and a low XFactor.
Akeal Hosein has an average of 57 match fantasy points in the last 9 games, a fantasy rating of 8.6 and a medium XFactor.
Curtis Campher has an average of 67 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.4 and a medium XFactor.
WI vs IRE Dream11 Fantasy Team Suggestion
Wicket-Keeper: S. Hope
Batters: D. Thomas, H. Tector and P. Stirling
All-Rounders: C. Campher and S. Singh
Bowlers: A. Hosein, A. Joseph, A. McBrine, J. Little and S. Cottrell
Captain: S. Hope
Vice-Captain: S. Singh
WI vs IRE (West Indies vs Ireland), 1st ODI Preview
The opening match of the "Ireland in West Indies, 3 ODI Series, 2022" will be played between West Indies and Ireland (WI vs IRE). The match will be played at the Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
In their last 4 games, Ireland have won 2 games and lost 2. In their last 5 games, West Indies have won 3 games and lost 2.
Both teams last played against each other in the 3rd ODI of the Ireland in West Indies, 3 ODI Series, 2020 where Evin Lewis scored the highest fantasy points for West Indies with 138 match fantasy points while Andy Balbirnie topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Ireland with 89 match fantasy points.