T20 World Cup 2022, Match 14, Super 12 Group: England vs Afghanistan Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

2010 Champions England kick off their T20 World Cup campaign against Afghanistan in the second match of the opening day of the T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12. Jos Buttler’s English side and Mohammad Nabi-led Afghanistan face each other in Match 14 of the Super 12 round in Group 1 on Saturday, October 22 at the Perth Stadium in Perth. Notably, both have met in T20Is only twice with both instances taking place in the WCs in 2012 and 2016.

Before, entering the global event, England defeated Australia in a three-match bilateral series 2-0 in Australia. Considered one of the favorites for the competition, the English team surely has the firepower with the likes of Alex Hales, Liam Livingstone, and Ben Stokes with them to go all the way in this year’s edition. Talking about Afghanistan’s recent form, they failed to make it to the finals of the Asia Cup after defeats to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India.

As mentioned above, England have all the tools to make it big in this year’s competition as they look to kick-start their campaign with a victory against the Afghans. The Asian side will look for some solid performances from their power-packed openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai and Najibullah Zadran in the middle. The spin duo of Rashid Khan and Mujeeb ur Rahman would hope to control the flow of runs against this strong-looking England batting line-up.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 14 in the Super 12 Round in Group A between England and Afghanistan in T20 WC 2022:

Head-to-Head: England and Afghanistan have met each other only twice in T20 internationals with both matches taking place in T20 World Cups in 2012 and 2016. England sealed victories on both occasions by a margin of 116 and 15 runs respectively.

82 – Jos Buttler (2377) needs 82 runs to surpass Eoin Morgan (2458) and become the leading run-scorer for England in T20Is.

7 – Jos Buttler (574) also needs seven runs to go past Kevin Pietersen (580) and become the highest run-scorer for England in T20 World Cups.

40 – Hazratullah Zazai (960) is 40 runs away from completing the landmark of 1000 runs in T20 internationals.

13 – Moeen Ali (987) is 13 runs away from reaching the milestone of 1000 T20I runs.

5 – Mujeeb ur Rahman (45) is five scalps away from reaching 50 wickets in T20Is.

3 – Jos Buttler (897) requires three fours to complete 900 fours across formats.

7 – Hazratullah Zazai (93) needs seven fours to reach 100 fours in the shortest international format.

25 – Ben Stokes (475) requires 25 runs to reach 500 runs in T20 internationals.

1 – Hazratullah Zazai (49) is one game away from appearing in 50 international matches.

3 – Jos Buttler (47) requires three grabs to reach 50 catches in T20Is.