Afghanistan vs Scotland Score, 1st ODI of Scotland vs Afghanistan 2019
Result · May 08 2019, Wed - 03:30 PM (IST)
1st ODI, - The Grange
Scotland Afghanistan Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Match Info
| Series: | Afghanistan in Scotland 2019 |
| Date: | May 08 2019, Wed - 03:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Scotland |
| City: | Edinburgh |
| Venue: | The Grange |
| Toss: | Toss yet to happen |
| Scotland Squad: | - |
| Afghanistan Squad: | - |
Match Facts
- Three of the five players to have taken 12 ODI wickets against Scotland have done so in the Afghanistan jersey; Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, and Shapoor Zadran have all taken 12 scalps against Scotland in ODIs - no player has taken more.
- Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer has scored 663 runs and made seven knocks of 50+ in ODIs at Grange Cricket Club, more than any player in either category; he's scored a century and three half-centuries in his last five games at the venue.
- Asghar Afghan is set to play his 100th ODI for Afghanistan, becoming just the second player to reach the mark for the country behind Mohammad Nabi; Afghan has hit scores of 75, 54, and 82* in his last three ODI innings.
- Kyle Coetzer (1,969) is just 31 runs shy of becoming the first player in ODI history to score 2,000 runs for Scotland.
- Afghanistan have won five of their last eight ODIs played in Europe, a span which began with a 78-run win over Scotland at Edinburgh.
- Afghanistan have won only two of their last seven ODIs heading into this clash (T1, L4), going down by five wickets to Ireland in their most recent ODI.
- Scotland have won five of their last six ODIs at Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh, including a six-run win over England in their most recent fixture there.
- Scotland have lost their opening ODI of the year in each of the last four years; the last time they won their opening ODI of a calendar year was in 2014 (v Canada by 170 runs).
- Afghanistan have won two of their three meetings against Scotland in Scotland, including a 78-run victory in their only previous meeting in Edinburgh.
- Scotland picked up seven-wicket win in their last ODI against Afghanistan; though, they had won only one of their six meetings prior to that (L5).