West Indies vs England Betting Tips & Predictions | Test Series

West Indies Recent Form

How will the West Indies be feeling about the Series so far?

Mostly, good. After being on a poor run in Test cricket over the last couple of years (as have England for that matter), they’ve drawn two Tests that they went into as underdogs.

And they showed good fight in both, particularly with the bat.

They got runs on the board and batted time in the two first innings and then showed patience, resilience and determination in batting out two draws late on Day Five.

These are qualities that go a long way in Test cricket. They will have learnt a lot from those games and improved after what happened over the last couple of weeks.

No-one personifies being up for the fight like skipper Kraigg Barathwaite.

He scored 160 and 56 not out in the Second Test, meaning he was on the field of play for practically the whole match.

It went a long way to securing that draw, so no wonder he was man-of-the-match.

And this despite some excellent performances from England players, like Joe Root and Ben Stokes.

England Recent Form

Having been on a really bad run of their own, England won’t be too upset about having drawn the first two matches, either.

But the truth is that if anyone was going to have won those two, it was them. They were in the driving seat on both occasions, both times having had the chance to bowl the West Indies out on the final day.

That they didn’t had to do with gutsy performances from the Windies with the bat but also the absence of a match-winning bowler in the side.

Jack Leach has improved throughout the Series but maybe if they’d played a second spinner in Matt Parkinson, they could have put more pressure on the Windies on a wearing pitch.

That said, Joe Root should have declared earlier and given his side another hour to bowl them out. It’s not the first time he’s been guilty of that.

England have only ever won one Series in the Caribbean in Test cricket and this is their big chance to make it two.

Venue & conditions

We’re at St George’s in Grenada for this one.

Long-term stats aren’t particularly helpful here because only three Tests have ever been played here, the last of them back in 2015.

England won that game with Joe Root hitting 182 in the first innings so he’ll have good memories of playing here.

In terms of domestic cricket, five of the last six games here produced results so this is unlikely to be the sort of pitch we got in the first two Tests; there’s likely to be something in it for both seamers and spinners.

The draw is 2.8 with Pure Win but on this occasion, looks worth avoiding.

Partly because of the expected wicket. But also because there’s no rain but there should be clouds.

So we won’t lose overs to the weather but overcast conditions should assist the seamers.

West Indies vs England Winner Prediction

Recommended Bet: Back the West Indies @ 4.4 with Pure Win

In a fair world, this Series would have a third consecutive draw and would end in a drawn Series.

The next fairest outcome would be an England win after just about being the best side in the first two matches.

But this isn’t about being fair, it’s Test cricket.

You could easily argue that if the Windies had won the first two tosses, they may well have been ahead in the Series or at least would have been the side pushing for victory in them both.

I’m in big profit here after backing the draw last time out at 4.6. So how were we going to play it this time?

I’m going with the Windies.

One: they’re a far bigger price at 4.4 than England at 2.1 for no particularly good reason.

Two: they’re due a toss win which could really help their cause.

Three: this wicket should produce a result.

And four: let’s remember Egland have only ever won one Series here so they’d be (sort of) making history.

The Windies it is.

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