It was an outing to forget for quick bowlers, Jos Buttler, and England as a whole
Sampath Bandarupalli16-Oct-202314 – Consecutive losses for Afghanistan at the ODI World Cup before defeating England on Sunday. Their only other win came against Scotland in their first appearance at the World Cup in 2015. Only Zimbabwe have a longer losing streak at the men’s ODI World Cup – of 18 consecutive matches between 1983 and 1992. Scotland, who are yet to win a game in the World Cup, have also suffered 14 successive defeats.8 – England batters dismissed by spin against Afghanistan. These are the most wickets they have lost to spinners in a men’s ODI World Cup game, surpassing seven against South Africa in Chennai and against Bangladesh in Chattogram during the 2011 edition.11 – England have now lost against 11 different teams at the men’s ODI World Cup, the joint-most by any team. Bangladesh and Netherlands have also ended on the losing side against 11 teams in the ODI World Cup. Nine of the 11 opponents to have defeated England are Full-Member nations, with Zimbabwe and Ireland being the exceptions (Zimbabwe were an associate nation until July 1992, while Ireland were till June 2017).13 – Wickets for spinners on Sunday in Delhi, the third-highest number in men’s ODI World Cup games. Kenya and Sri Lanka’s spinners shared 14 wickets in the 2003 World Cup game in Nairobi, as did the Zimbabwe and Canada spinners during their face-off in Nagpur in 2011.7.24 – Economy of pace bowlers in the 40.5 overs they bowled in Delhi on Sunday. Only four times have quick bowlers had a poorer economy rate in a men’s ODI World Cup game where they bowled at least 30 overs. Contrastingly, the spinners went at just 4 an over in the 49.3 overs they bowled.
3 – Number of century opening stands between Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran in ODIs in 2023. Afghanistan had four century opening stands in the format until 2022, all by different pairs.12.4 – Overs needed for Afghanistan to reach the 100-run mark in Delhi. It is the second-quickest team 100 for Afghanistan in ODIs, behind the 11.3 overs in a rain-affected match against Canada in 2011.15.5 – Jos Buttler’s batting average in ODIs in India is the fifth lowest for a player with a minimum of ten innings while batting in the top seven. Buttler scored 155 runs in the ten ODI innings he batted in India, with a highest score of 43, against New Zealand during the opening game of this World Cup.
