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Stats Analysis

A bonanza for ninth-wicket pairs

Stats highlights from an enthralling game in Dunedin, where Afghanistan notched up their first World Cup win, and Scotland their 11th defeat

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
26-Feb-2015
Samiullah Shenwari has nine 50-plus scores in ODIs, but no hundreds  •  AFP

Samiullah Shenwari has nine 50-plus scores in ODIs, but no hundreds  •  AFP

5 one-wicket wins in World Cup games. There were none in 2011, two in 2007, and one each in 1987 and 1975.
96 Samiullah Shenwari's score, his highest in ODIs, and his ninth 50-plus score. It's also Afghanistan's highest in the World Cup, and their third 50-plus score in the tournament.
147 Balls faced by Shenwari in his innings, the most by an Afghanistan batsman in ODIs. The previous best for them was 143, by Usman Ghani, who made 118 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in 2014.
122 Runs put together for the ninth wicket in the match - for Scotland, Majid Haq and Alasdair Evans added 62, while Afghanistan responded with a 60-run stand between Shenwari and Hamid Hassan. It's the second-highest in a World Cup match, next only the 1983 game between India and Zimbabwe, when Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani added 126 undefeated runs for the ninth, and Zimbabwe's Kevin Curran and Peter Rawson added 41 to that. The Afghanistan-Scotland game, though, is the only one where the ninth-wicket pairs of both teams have added more than 50.
11 World Cup games for Scotland without a win. Afghanistan have got their maiden victory in their third World Cup game.
1 Time, in 11 World Cup games, that Scotland have topped 200 with the bat. This was the first such instance. Their previous best was 186 against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup. (Click here for Scotland's scores in their 11 World Cup games.)
14.19 Scotland's batting average in their 11 World Cup games. It's the lowest among all teams which have played at least 10 matches in World Cups.
62 The partnership between Evans and Haq, Scotland's highest for the ninth wicket in all ODIs. Their previous best was 48.
4 for 38 Shapoor Zadran's figures in the match. It's only the second time he has taken four or more wickets in 33 ODIs - his best figures are 4 for 24, against Netherlands in 2009. It's the first haul of more than two wickets for Zadran in 18 innings.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats