Caribbean Premier League - A look at the numbers

The fourth edition of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will kick start on Wednesday (June 29) at the Queen's Park Oval. Hosts and defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders, led by Dwayne Bravo, will be up against Darren Sammy's St Lucia Zouks. The tournament will feature 34 games played across seven venues in a window of 40 days. The matches will be played on a home and away basis, with each team scheduled to play ten games in the league stage, including two games each at a neutral venue - the Lauderhill stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Below are some important numbers from the first three editions of Caribbean Premier League.

Summary of first three seasons of CPL:

Barbados Tridents have been the most successful team across the three editions of CPL, winning the title in 2014 and ending as league toppers in the last two seasons. Guyana Amazon Warriors finished in the top two in the league stages of each of the three editions and were runners up in the first two seasons; but a title has eluded them so far. Jamaica Tallawahs were the inaugural champions of CPL, but finished fourth in the subsequent seasons. The defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders (earlier called Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel) missed out in the first two years, ending up on the losing side in the semi-finals in successive years. However, they went on to win three consecutive knockout games in 2015 to lift the title. St. Lucia Zouks, Antigua Hawksbills and St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots are yet to go beyond the league stage and will be hoping for a revival of fortunes this year.

Results summary:

# Antigua Hawksbills were replaced by St Kitts & Nevis Patriots from the 2015 season

Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts, which started hosting CPL matches from 2014, has the unique distinction of witnessing the top-five highest totals for teams, while two of the top-three lowest CPL totals have also been registered at the same venue.

Highest team totals:

Lowest team totals:

# Only those innings where the teams were dismissed have been taken into account

The only 100-plus run victory in the CPL came in the last season when St Kitts & Nevis posted a total of 199 and bundled out Jamaica Tallawahs for a mere 80. There have been two 10-wicket wins, both involving Jamaica Tallawahs.

Biggest wins by runs:

Biggest wins by wickets:

The only tied game of the CPL came in the second season, between Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago, which the former won in the one-over eliminator. Sunil Narine bowled a wicket maiden in the Super Over to Nicholas Pooran and Ross Taylor.

Narrowest wins by runs:

Narrowest wins by wickets:

Wins off the last ball:

Lendl Simmons has been the top run-getter of the tournament after three editions. He is the only player to score in excess of 250 runs in each of the three seasons. Five hundreds have been scored in CPL so far of which two each were scored by Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith. Pakistan's Shoaib Malik has been the most successful overseas batsmen of the tournament with 887 runs in 24 games.

Most runs:

# Calculation of boundary percentage: Runs in fours and sixes divided by total runs scored

Highest individual scores:

Highest partnerships:

Krishmar Santokie has been the most consistent bowler, taking 16, 17 and 16 wickets respectively in the three editions. Dwayne Bravo had a stellar 2015 season, taking 28 wickets - 10 more than anyone else in a single edition of CPL. Sunil Narine has been the most economical bowler, taking 31 scalps at an economy of 5.05.

Most wickets:

Best bowling analysis: