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Afghanistan vs England Scorecard, Match 14, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Oct 22 2022, Sat - 04:30 PM (IST)
AFGHANISTAN112
ENGLAND113/5
England won by 5 wickets
CRR:6.22
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Oct 22 2022, Sat - 04:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Perth |
| Venue: | Optus Stadium |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| England Playing XI: | Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood |
| Afghanistan Playing XI: | Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Azmatullah, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Farid Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi |
- England have won both their matches against Afghanistan in men’s T20Is, both these meeting were part of the ICC World T20 competition in 2012 and 2016.
- England have won their last four men’s T20I matches, the last time they won more matches in row was between July and November 2021 (6 matches).
- England have won 19 of their 37 matches at the ICC T20 World Cup competition (L 18), registering a win percentage of 51%; their win percentage is the seventh best in the competition amongst full member sides of the ICC. Afghanistan have a win percentage of 37% in the competition and are ranked 11th in this category.
- Afghanistan have lost their last three men’s T20I matches - never have they lost four consecutive matches in a row in the format.
- Since the beginning of 2020, England have a batting strike rate of 148.6 in men’s T20I, second only to India who have a strike rate of 148.7 in the format during that time; Afghanistan have a strike rate of 131.
- No full member side of the ICC have a better catch success rate in men’s T20I during 2022 than England - they have a rate of 86% and have dropped just 15 of their 107 chances during that time.
- Moeen Ali (987) needs 13 more to score 1,000 runs in men’s T20I for England, in doing so he will become the eighth player to do so; he scored 41* in his only previous innings against Afghanistan in the format.
- Hazratullah Zazai (960) needs 40 more to score 1,000 runs for Afghanistan in men’s T20I, in doing so he will become the sixth player to reach the milestone for the country; however, he has not managed a score of 40 or above in any of his last 10 innings in the format.
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman needs five more for 50 wickets for Afghanistan in men’s T20Is, in reaching the milestone he will become the 3rd bowler to have as many wickets for Afghanistan in the format; he is one of the four bowlers who has taken five wickets in an innings for Afghanistan in the format.
- David Willey (51) needs one more to become the outright fourth highest wicket taker for England in men’s T20I, eclipsing Graeme Swann who also has 51 wickets in the format for the country; he has managed at least one wicket in five of his last six innings in the format.