It was an unforgettable outing for quick bowler Jos Buttler and England as a whole.
Sampath Bandarpari
14 -Afghanistan suffered back-to-back losses in the ODI World Cup before defeating England on Sunday. Their only other win came against Scotland in their first World Cup appearance in 2015. Only Zimbabwe have a longer losing streak in the Men’s ODI World Cup, with 18 consecutive matches from 1983 to 1992. Scotland have yet to win. They have also suffered 14 consecutive losses in the World Cup.
8 – England batsman sent off for spin against Afghanistan. This is the most wickets ever lost to a spinner in a men’s ODI World Cup match, surpassing the seven wickets lost against South Africa in Chennai and Bangladesh in Chattogram in the 2011 tournament.
11 – England have now lost against 11 different teams in the Men’s ODI World Cup, which is tied for the most by any team. Bangladesh and Netherlands also ended up on the losing side against 11 teams in the ODI World Cup. Nine of England’s 11 opponents were full members, with the exception of Zimbabwe and Ireland (Zimbabwe was an associate member until July 1992, and Ireland was an associate member until June 2017). Met).
13 – A spinner’s wicket tally in Delhi on Sunday was the third highest in a Men’s ODI World Cup match. Kenya and Sri Lankan spinners shared 14 wickets in the 2003 World Cup match in Nairobi, as did the Zimbabwean and Canadian spinners in the 2011 showdown in Nagpur.
7.24 – The pace bowler’s economy in the 40.5 overs he bowled in Delhi on Sunday. There have only been four matches in the Men’s ODI World Cup where a quick bowler bowled 30 or more overs and had a poor economy rate. In contrast, the spinners bowled 49.3 overs and finished with just 4 overs.
3 – Number of opening stands of the century between Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran in ODIs in 2023. Afghanistan had four opening stands in the format till 2022, all by different pairs.
12.4 – Afghanistan need an over to reach the 100-run mark in Delhi. This is the second-fastest by an Afghanistan team to reach 100 in an ODI, after 11.3 overs in the rain-affected 2011 match against Canada.
15.5 – Jos Buttler’s batting average in India’s ODIs is the fifth-lowest among players who have pitched at least 10 innings despite being a top-seven batsman. Buttler scored 155 runs in 10 ODI bats in India’s World Cup opener against New Zealand, his highest score being 43 runs.
Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo
