The Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia is one of the venues at the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, which is co-hosted by the USA and West Indies (Caribbean).
The stadium in St Lucia was built in 2002, which is used as a home ground for the domestic team, Windward Islands and for the St Lucia franchise in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
The stadium has been named after legendary West Indies captain, Daren Sammy, who led his team to glory in two T20 World Cups, in 2012 and 2016.
The venue has a seating capacity of about 13000, and will host three group stage matches, and three matches in the Super 8 phase of the ongoing T20 World Cup.
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TSN tells you everything you need to know about the T20I records at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia.
The Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia has hosted 18 T20I matches so far. The team batting first has won nine times and the chasing side has also won on nine occasions.
The pitch at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium is a decent batting surface with a par-score just over 160. In the last CPL 2023 season, four out of the six games were abandoned due to rain, while the other two game saw scores of 187 and 201 runs in the first innings.
Spinners are expected to play an important role on this wicket especially during the morning games at the T20 World Cup 2024 which might see slightly drier wickets, helping in the turn of the ball.
On the other hand, the night games will see a balanced surface for both the pacers and spinners, while the batters should find it easy once they settle in and protect their wicket during the initial overs in the powerplay.
The last T20I match at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium took place back in 2021, when West Indies played visitors Australia on July 16, 2021, which was won by the host team.
Batting first, West Indies posted an above=par total of 199/8 on board, thanks to a quickfire 79 off just 34 balls from opening batter, Evin Lewis. Among the Australian bowlers, Andrew Tye (3/37), Adam Zampa (2/30) and Mitchell Marsh (2/12 in 2 overs) were the standout bowlers.
Australia faltered in the chase with none of their batters scoring over 35 runs, as they finished on 183/9 in 20 overs. Left arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell and Andre Russell, picked up three wickets each.
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West Indies hold the record for the highest team score on this ground when they put up 199/8 on the board against Australia, in the last match at this ground on 16 July 2021.
Evin Lewis top scored with 79 runs off 34 balls while Nicholas Pooran provided the team with a late flourish in a 18-ball 30 run-inning.
The record for the lowest score at this ground in T20Is is also held by the West Indies, who were restricted to 105 runs on May 11, 2010 against Australia.
The hosts endured a batting collapse following a Player of the Match performance with the ball from then young wrist spinner, Steven Smith, who picked up 3 wickets while conceding just 20 runs in his four overs.
The average first innings score at the stadium is 160.
Suresh Raina holds the record for the highest-ever individual score in a T20I match at this venue. The Indian southpaw remains the only batter to score a century in T20Is at this ground, with a score 101 runs in 85 balls against South Africa in the 2010 T20 World Cup.
Five bowlers are tied on four wickets in an inning at this ground. However, Devendra Bishoo holds the best bowling figures with 4/17 in his four overs in a T20I against Pakistan on April 21, 2011.
West Indies opening batter Lendl Simmons leads the batting charts with most runs in T20Is at this venue, with 230 runs in six innings, including 2 fifties.
He is followed by current Australia captain at the T20 World Cup 2024, who has scored 219 runs in 5 innings with a batting average of 43.8.
West Indies leg spinner Hayden Walsh Jr has picked up the most number of wickets in T20Is at St Lucia, with 12 scalps in five matches.
The next highest wicket-takers at the venue is Saeed Ajmal with 11 wickets, followed by Mitchell Marsh, Sheldon Cottrell and Mohammad Amir, who have picked up 8 wickets each.
According to Dafabet, Australia are the favourites to win the game against Scotland.
| Team | Betting odds |
| Australia | 1.14 |
| Scotland | 5.90 |
