Afghanistan v Ireland, 3rd T20I – Statistical Highlights

Afghanistan’s dream run in Twenty20 Internationals continued in the 3-match T20I series against Ireland as they have won in each and every game they have played in the shortest format since defeating West Indies in the WT20 2016. After completing the series win in the first two games itself, Afghanistan completed the whitewash with a 28-run win in the 3rd and final T20I, which turned out to be a high scoring and record-shattering one. Here we look at all the records, stats and numbers recorded during the game and series.

1 – Rashid Khan, at an age of 18 years and 5 months, is the youngest to receive a series award in T20I format. Previous: Quinton De Kock (21 years 3 months) in 2014.

2 – Afghanistan now has won two 3-match T20I series by winning all the games, they became the first team to register whitewash in two different 3-match series in T20I cricket. 7 other teams managed to whitewash once in a 3-match T20 series.

7 – Balls took by Ireland to lose their last 5 wickets, the joint 2nd worst 5-wicket collapse in terms of balls in all internationals. (Where ball by ball data is known) Worst collapse is in 6 balls for Australia against Pakistan in World T20 2010.

9 – Number of wickets Rashid Khan has taken in this series, the joint 2nd most by any player in a bilateral T20I series. Netherland’s Ahsan Malik took 11 wickets in 4-match series vs Nepal. David Wiese, Ravi Ashwin and Imad Wasim took 9 wickets apiece in a 3-match bilateral T20I series.

9 – Number of sixes Mohammad Nabi has hit during his innings, the joint 5th most sixes and most sixes hit by an associate team player in T20I innings. Mohammad Shahzad’s 8 sixes vs Zimbabwe last year are the most sixes hit in a T20I innings by an Afghanistan and associate player.

9.7 – The Afghanistan and Ireland series run-rate of 9.7 is the highest in any T20I series/tournament which had 3 or more games. Previous: 9.52 during South Africa vs West Indies series in 2015.

10.13 – Afghanistan’s run-rate in this series of 10.13 is the highest for a team in any T20I series/tournament. (Min: 3 games) Previous: 9.85 by South Africa vs West Indies in 2015.

11 – Number of consecutive T20Is Afghanistan have won so far, the longest winning streak in T20I cricket. No other team has won more than 8 T20Is in a row.

21 – Balls took by Mohammad Nabi for scoring his fifty, the fastest fifty in T20I cricket for an Afghanistan player. Previous fastest is in 22 balls by Najibullah Zadran vs UAE last year.

28 – Number of sixes hit during the game, the 3rd most sixes hit in a T20I. Last year’s West Indies vs India T20I had 32 sixes while Ireland vs Netherlands game in 2014 WT20 recorded 30 sixes.

34 – Number of sixes Afghanistan has hit in this series, the most by any team in a bilateral T20I series. Previously 3 teams have hit 27 sixes in three different bilateral series.

55 – Number of sixes recorded in this series between Afghanistan and Ireland, the most in a bilateral T20I series. Previous most: 49 during South Africa vs West Indies series in 2015.

69 – Runs conceded by Barry McCarthy in this game, the most by any player in a T20I. Kyle Abbott conceded 68 runs vs West Indies in 2015.

89 – Runs scored by Mohammad Nabi in this game batting at No.7. This is the highest score by anyone in T20Is batting at No.6 or lower position. Previous highest was Cameron White’s 85* batting at No.6 vs Sri Lanka in 2010.

91 – Runs scored in powerplay overs by Ireland in this game, the joint most by any team in a T20I. Ireland equalled Netherlands’ record of 91 runs in WT20 2014 which came against them.

233/8 – Afghanistan’s total of 233/8 in this game is the 8th highest total in T20I cricket. This is also the highest T20I total for an associate team overhauling Ireland’s 225/7 vs Afghanistan in 2013. Afghanistan’s previous highest T20I total was 215/6 vs Zimbabwe last year.

233/8 – Afghanistan’s 233/8 is the highest ever T20I total registered in India, going past England’s 230/8 vs South Africa at Wankhede in Mumbai during WT20 2016.

292 – Total runs scored in boundaries during this game, the 4th highest aggregate of runs came in boundaries in a T20I.

296.66 – Mohammad Nabi’s strike-rate of 296.66 is the 3rd highest for any player in T20I innings. (Min: 50 runs) Yuvraj Singh’s 362.5 vs England in 2007 and Colin Munro’s 357.14 vs Sri Lanka in 2016 start ahead of Nabi’s innings.

438 – This match’s aggregate of 438 runs is the 6th highest in T20I cricket and the first 400+ aggregated match in T20I cricket including an associate nation.