India will take on West Indies in the third Test at Bridgetown from May 2. Having won the second Test at Port of Spain, India will be eager to keep up the winning tempo.

However going by records, it would be seen that this venue has proved to be one of the luckiest for West Indies which has lost only thrice (one vs Australia and twice vs England ) out of 37 Tests played here and won 19 of them.

Its record particularly against India is quite amazing having won six of the seven Tests played and drawing one. As it has not lost at this venue against India it would look forward to force a victory and level the series half way. It would face India with a mind to win but as it is aware that any set back in this Test would prove to be disastrous since it has already lost a Test at Port of Spain.

India had actually come across a golden opportunity in its last tour in 1996-97 when it could have erased the memory of all previous losses at this venue and could have recorded its first win. But chasing a modest fourth innings target of 120, it collapsed like a pack of cards for a meagre 81 and lost the Test by 38 runs.

As such it would be eager to avenge its defeat as well as forge ahead to take a two zero lead in the series. It too knows that any under estimation of the opponents - currently publicised as one of the weakest teams performance-wise, may cause upsets.

Presented below are some of the stats relating to Bridgetown venue:

Venue Record
		P	W	L	D
For WI vs	Aus	8	4	1	3
	Eng	12	4	2	6
	Ind	7	6	-	1
	NZ	3	2	-	1
	Pak	5	2	-	3
	SA	2	1	-	1
Total:		37	19	3	15

Highest Total
By WI	596/8 d	vs Eng	1973/74
	501/5 d	vs Ind	1970/71
Ag WI	668	by Aus	1954/55
	347	by Ind	1970/71
Lowest Total
By WI	120	vs Eng	1934/35
	140	vs Ind	1996/97
Ag WI	81	by Ind	1996/97

Highest Individual Score
By WI	302	LG Rowe	vs Eng	1973/74
	178*	GS Sobers	vs Ind	1970/71
Ag WI	337	Hanif Mohammad	for Pak	1957/58
	150	DN Sardesai	for Ind	1970/71
Best Match Bowling:
By WI	11/120 (4-40/7-80)	MD Marshall	vs NZ	1984/85
	9/63 (1-25/8-38)	LR Gibbs	vs Ind	1961/62
Ag WI	10/195 (5-105/5-90)	GTS Stevens	for Eng	1929/30

Only other occasion of 10WM
10/127 (2-82/8-45)	CEL Ambrose	WI vs Eng	1989/90

Best Innings Bowling
By WI	Aug-38	LR Gibbs	vs Ind	1961/62
Ag WI	Aug-75	ARC Fraser	for Eng	1993/94
	May-64	DG Phadkar	for Ind	1952/53

All Centuries

As many as 78 centuries have come in 37 tests averaging over 2 centuries per test. The details:

West Indies: 41 from 27 players
Break up: vs Eng-12, Aus-11, Pak-4, Ind-4, SA-3, NZ-3

DSE Atkinson, CA Best, SL Campbell, S Chanderpaul, CA Davis,CC Depeiza, CG Greenidge, DL Haynes, GA Headley, WW Hinds, JK Holt, CC Hunte, RD Jacobs, AI Kallicharan, RB Kanhai, BC Lara, CH Lloyd, AL Logie, SM Nurse, IVA Richards, RB Richardson, CA Roach, LG Rowe, GS Sobers, CL Walcott, ED Weekes and FM Worrell.
Those with 2 or more centuries are Haynes and Lloyd (4 each), Richards and Sobers (3 each), Campbell, Greenidge, Kanhai and Richardson (2 each)

Against WI: 37 from 36 players
NJ Astle, BE Congdon and BF Hastings(NZ), KF Barrington, ER Dexter, JH Edrich, KWR Fletcher, GA Gooch, AW Greig, AJ Lamb, MR Ramprakash, A Sandham, AJ Stewart and GP Thorpe (Eng), GS Chappell, IM Chappell, RM Cowper WM Lawry, RR Lindwall, KR Miller, WB Phillips, RT Ponting, RB Simpson, KD Walters, and SR Waugh (Aus), AC Hudson, DJ Cullinan and SM Pollock (SA), Hanif Mohammad, Imran Nazir, Wasim Raja and Yousuf Youhana (Pak)
INDIA: SM Gavaskar, SV Manjrekar, DN Sardesai and RJ Shastri Only AJ Stewart of England has scored centuries TWICE for the opponents

Century on DEBUT
176	GA Headley	WI vs Eng	1929/30
163	AC Hudson	SA vs WI	1991/92
142	CC Hunte	WI vs Pak	1957/58

Details for centuries between India and West Indies only
For WI	178*	GS Sobers	1970/71
	142	IVA Richards	1975/76
	102	CH Lloyd	1975/76
	130	AL Logie	1982/83
	117	CG Greenidge	1988/89
	112*	DL Haynes	1988/89
	137*	S Chanderpaul	1996/97
For Ind	117*	SM Gavaskar	1970/71
	150	DN Sardesai	1970/71
	108	SV Manjrekar	1988/89
	107	RJ Shastri	1988/89

TRIPLE/DOUBLE Centuries
For WI	302	LG Rowe	vs Eng	1973/74
	226	CG Greenidge	vs Aus	1990/91
	226	GS Sobers	vs Eng	1959/60
	220	CL Walcott	vs Eng	1953/54
	219	DS Atkinson	vs Aus	1954/55
	208	SL Campbell	vs NZ	1995/96
	201	SM Nurse	vs Aus	1964/65
Ag WI	337	Hanif Mohammad	For Pak	1957/58
	210	WM Lawry	For Aus	1964/65
	201	RB Simpson	For Aus	1964/65

Narrow Misses
199 by SR Waugh	For Aus	1998/99
197* by FM Worrell	vs Eng	1959/60
197 by ED Weekes	vs Pak	1957/58

Nervous Nineties
For West Indies	99	RB Richardson	vs Aus	1990/91
	99	RJ Christiani	vs Eng	1947/48
	98	RC Fredericks	vs Aus	1972/73
	92	IVA Richards	vs Pak	1976/77
	90	DL Murray	vs Aus	1972/73
	98	CL Walcott	vs INDIA	1952/53
	96	JS Solomon	vs INDIA	1961/62
	93	RB Richardson	vs INDIA	1988/89
	93	AI Kallicharan	vs INDIA	1975/76
	92	DL Haynes	vs INDIA	1982/83
Against WI	by Eng	98	J Hardstaff (Jr)	1947/48
		93	DCS Compton	1953/54
		90	G Boycott	1967/68
	by Pak	92*	Basit Ali	1992/93
		91	Imtiaz Ahmed	1957/58
	by Aus	98	RG Archer	1954/55
	by INDIA	92	SR Tendulkar	1996/97
		91	M Amarnath	1982/83

5 or more wickets in an innings

39 instances by 31 players

For West Indies: 13 players 19 instances

Break up for instances: vs Ind-5, Eng-5, Aus-3, Pak-2, NZ-2, SA-2
JC Adams, CEL Ambrose, DS Atkinson, IR Bishop, LR Gibbs, DAJ Holford, CL Hooper, BD Julien, MD Marshall, EA Martindale, S Ramadhin, D Ramnarine and CA Walsh
2 or more times: MD Marshall (4 times), CA Walsh (3 times) and CEL Ambrose (twice)

Against WI: 18 players 20 instances

Break up for instances: Eng-9, Aus-5, Ind-3, SA-1, Pak-1, NZ-1
AR Caddick, ARC Fraser, AW Greig, R Howarth, JC Laker, CIJ Smith, JA Snow, and GTS Stevens (Eng), RM Hogg, GD McGrath, JR Thomson and MHN Walker (Aus), JH Kallis (SA), Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak), BR Taylor (NZ)
INDIA: DG Phadkar, A Kuruvilla and BKV Prasad
2 or more times: GTS Stevens (Eng) and GD McGrath (Aus): TWICE each

Details for 5 wkts in an innings for India and West Indies only
For West Indies	5/26	S Ramadhin	1952/53
	8/38	LR Gibbs	1961/62
	5/23	DAJ Holford	1975/76
	6/87	IR Bishop	1988/89
	5/60	MD Marshall	1988/89
For India	5/64	DG Phadkar	1952/53
	5/68	A Kuruvilla	1996/97
	5/82	BKV Prasad	1996/97

Highest Partnership for each wicket:
1st wkt	382	WM Lawry/RB Simpson	Aus/WI	1964/65
2nd wkt	249	AI Kallicharan/LG Rowe	WI/Eng	1973/74
3rd wkt	220	AI Kallicharan/IVA Richards	WI/INDIA	1975/76
4th wkt	399	GS Sobers/FM Worrell	WI/Eng	1959/60
5th wkt	281	RT Ponting/SR Waugh	Aus/WI	1998/99
6th wkt	254	CA Davis/GS Sobers	WI/NZ	1971/72
7th wkt	347	DS Atkinson/CC Depeiza	WI/Aus	1954/55
8th wkt	84	A AYUB/SV MANJREKAR	Ind/WI	1988/89
9th wkt	132	AA Donald/SM Pollock	SA/WI	2000/01
10th wkt	133	Wasim Bari/Wasim Raja	Pak/WI	1976/77
Most Dismissals in a match (6 or more)
For WI	7	PJL Dujon	vs Eng	1985/86
	6	FCM Alexander	vs Pak	1957/58
	6	DL Murray	vs Aus	1977/78
	6	PJL DUJON	vs INDIA	1988/89
Ag WI	6	DJ Richardson	For SA	1991/92
Most Dismissals (5 or more in an innings)
For WI	5	FCM Alexander	vs Eng	1959/60
	5	PJL Dujon	vs Eng	1985/86
Ag WI	5	RC Russell	For Eng	1989/90
	5	Moin Khan	For Pak	1992/93
Most Catches in an Innings (4 ormore)
For WI	NIL
Ag WI	4	RB Simpson	For Aus	1964/65
	4	MA Taylor	For Aus	1994/95
	4	JJ Crowe	For NZ	1984/85
	4	Wallias Mathias	For Pak	1957/58

Best for WI vs Ind	3	FM Worrell	1952/53
	3	GS Sobers	1961/62
Best for Ind vs WI	3	SV Manjrekar	1988/89
	3	SR Tendulkar	1996/97

Chronological order of matches between India/West Indies at Bridgetown
1	1952/53	WI	296/228	Ind	253/129-9	WI won by 142 runs
2	1961/62	Ind	238/187	WI	475	WI won by Ings & 30 runs
3	1970/71	WI	501-5 d/180-6	Ind	347/221-5	Drawn
4	1975/76	Ind	177/214-9	WI	488/9 d	WI won by Ings & 97 runs
5	1982/83	Ind	209/277	WI	486/1-0	WI won by 10 wkts
6	1988/89	Ind	321/251	WI	377/196-2	WI won by 8 wkts
7	1996/97	WI	298/140	Ind	319/81	WI won by 38 runs

Record for India against WI before commencement of the Bridgetown Test:

Overall: Played 72; Won 8; Lost 28; Drawn 36

In West Indies: Played 35; Won 3; Lost 14; Drawn 18

Overall Captaincy:
SC Ganguly : Played 20; Won 10; Lost 5; Drawn 5
CL Hooper: Played 14; Won 2; Lost 8; Drawn 4