World T20 2016: England v Afghanistan– Statistical Highlights

Afghanistan threatened England with the ball by reducing them to just 142/7 in 20 overs. After electing to bat, England collapsed against spin before an 8th wicket stand helped them post a respectable total.

Later Afghanistan didn’t get going well with the bat as England bowlers kept picking wickets at regular intervals. However, the associate side fought till the very end only to lose the game by 15-run margin. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

1 – For the first time a team won the match after losing their first 5 wickets inside 50 runs in T20Is before this game. England lost their 5th wicket at 50.

1 – Number of times England lost their 4 wickets inside first 6 overs. Previous instances was at Southampton in 2013 vs Australia.

3 – Number of times England lost their first 5 wickets inside 50 runs. Once vs New Zealand in 2012 and the other one was vs Netherlands in 2014 World T20.

2 – Number of times Eoin Morgan got out for a duck in T20Is.

3 – Liam Plunket’s bowling economy in this game. This is the 3rd best for an English bowler who bowled 4 overs in a T20I.

5 – Number of times a team innings had seen their No.5 to No.9 in batting order score more than 10 runs in T20Is.

6 – Number of wickets the Poms lost to spinners in this game. These are the joint-most they have lost to spinners in a T20I.

16 – For the 16th consecutive T20I, where the English team didn’t have a fifty-run stand for the opening wicket.

25 – Runs scored by England in 19th over. These are the 3rd most they have scored in an over in a World T20 match.

35* – Shafiqullah’s 35* is the highest score by a player coming in at No.9 or lower in a WT20 game.

57* – 57-run unbeaten stand between Moeen Ali and David Willey is the highest for the 8th wicket in WT20s.

What were the talking points of the match? – England v Afghanistan World T20 – 5 Talking Points