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Afghanistan registered a clinical performance against England as they went on to defeat them by a margin of 69 runs with the help of sensational bowling performances from Mujeeb Ur Rahman (3/51) and Rashid Khan (3/37) respectively as the English batters failed to read the Afghan spin bowlers, hence they got bundled out for just 215 runs.
Initially, England winning the toss invited Afghans to bat first and they posted a total of 284 runs with the help of sensational innings from Rahmanullah Gurbaz at the top, while others like Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman played a pivotal role with the bat in lower middle order to ensure they post a respectable total.
Numbers and Stats from ENG vs AFG game:
1 - For the first time an opening pair from Afghanistan have recorded a 100-run partnership for their side in the ODI World Cup.
Highest Partnership for Afghanistan in ODI World Cup:
Ikram Alikhil-Rahmat Shah: 133 vs WI in Leeds, 2019
Azmatullah Omarzai-Hashmatullah Shahidi: 121 vs IND in Delhi, 2023
Rahmanullah Gurbaz-Ibrahim Zadran: 114 vs ENG in Delhi, 2023
2 - Afghanistan have won a match in the ODI World Cup only for the second time overall (played 18 games in total).
Afghanistan's victories in the ODI World Cup:
vs Scotland in Dunedin, 2015
vs England in Delhi, 2023
2 - Harry Brook recorded his second fifty in his ODI career.
Harry Brook's fifties in ODIs:
80 vs SA in Bloemfontein, 2023
66 vs AFG in Delhi, 2023
3 - Rahmat Shah became the third player to play 100 ODI matches for Afghanistan.
Most ODI matches played for Afghanistan:
Mohammad Nabi - 150
Asghar Afghan - 114
Rahmat Shah - 100
3 - For the first time Rashid Khan took three wickets (3/37) in an ODI World Cup game.
Notably, Adil Rashid also recorded his best bowling figure (3/42) in a World Cup game while Mujeeb Ur Rahman who won the Player of the Match award recorded his second-best bowling figure (3/51) in ODI World Cup.
8 - 8 out of 10 wickets for Afghanistan were taken by spin bowlers.
Spinners taking most wickets in an ODI WC inning:
ZIM - 10 vs CAN in 2011
UAE - 8 vs NED in 1996
WI - 8 vs SA in 1996
IND - 8 vs NAM in 2003
KEN - 8 vs SL in 2003
KEN - 8 vs BAN in 2003
SL - 8 vs NZ in 2007
PAK - 8 vs WI in 2011
AFG - 8 vs ENG in 2023
11 - England become the first team to lose at least one match against 11 different Test-playing nations in the ODI history. England lost an international match to Afghanistan for the first time overall.
80 - Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 80 runs in this game.
Highest Score for Afghanistan in ODI World Cup:
Samiullah Shinwari - 96 vs SCO in Dunedin, 2015
Ikram Alikhil - 86 vs WI in Leeds, 2019
Hashmatullah Shahidi - 80 vs IND in Delhi, 2023
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 80 vs ENG in Delhi, 2023
284 - Afghanistan posted a total of 284 runs in this game.
The highest total for Afghanistan in ODI World Cup:
288 vs WI in Leeds, 2019
284 vs ENG in Delhi, 2023
272/8 vs IND in Delhi, 2023
