Afghanistan v Ireland, ODI series – Statistical Highlights

Afghanistan now won in 8th series/tournament in the last 10 they have played as the eased past Ireland in the decider at Greater Noida with a 6-wicket victory. After making a strong start in the series, Afghanistan lost their next two games with Ireland making a slight comeback but the Afghan side didn’t ensure hopes of the Irish side went well in the all-important game. Here we look at all the records, stats and numbers recorded during the game and series.

2 – Ireland’s top 4 scoring 30+ was only the 2nd such instance for them in an ODI innings. Their top 4 scored over 30 was vs Netherlands in 2013.

2 – Number of centuries Rahmat Shah has scored in ODI cricket so far. He is now one of the 4 Afghanistan players to score multiple centuries in the ODI format. Mohammad Shahzad scored 4 centuries while Karin Sadiq and Nawroz Mangal scored two each.

3 – Number of 4-wicket hauls Rashid Khan has taken in this series, the joint most by any player in a bilateral ODI series. VC Drakes vs Bangladesh in 2002, Abdur Razzak vs Zimbabwe in 2010 and Matt Henry vs Sri Lanka in 2015 also took three 4-wicket hauls in a bilateral ODI series.

4 – Number of 4-wicket hauls Rashid Khan has taken in ODI cricket so far. Only Waqar Younis (4) has as many 4-fers in ODIs as Rashid as of his current age (18y 185d).

5 – Number of 4-wicket hauls Afghanistan players have taken in this series, the joint most by any team in a bilateral series. Bangladesh also had 5 four-fers in their series vs Zimbabwe in 2010.

5 – Number of bilateral ODI series Afghanistan have won since 2015 ODI World Cup, joint second most for any team. England, New Zealand and South Africa have won 6 each while Australia and Bangladesh also won in 5 bilateral rubbers.

7 – Number of 4-wicket hauls recorded in this series, the most in any bilateral ODI series. Four different bilateral series had 6 four-fers.

16 – Wickets in this series for Rashid Khan, the 2nd most by any bowler in a 5-match ODI series. Most: 18 wickets by Amit Mishra (v ZIM, 2013).

26 – Matches took by Rashid Khan to complete 50 ODI wickets, the joint 5th fastest by anyone and the joint fastest by an Afghanistan player.

100 – Number of ODIs William Porterfield has featured in so far, he became the 2nd Ireland player and the 5th player in overall to feature in 100 ODIs for an associate team.

341 – Runs scored by Paul Stirling in this series, the most by any associate team player in a bilateral ODI series. He broke Ireland’s Ed Joyce record of 339 runs vs Afghanistan in last year’s 4-match series.

3009 – Runs scored by William Porterfield in ODI cricket so far. He became the 2nd player to score 3000 ODI runs for an associate team. Steve Tikolo scored 3369 ODI runs for Kenya.