T20 World Cup 2021, Scotland vs PNG and Oman vs Bangladesh, Stats Review: New records for Shakib Al Hasan, Richie Berrington’s feat and other stats

Two fascinating contests took place on Day 3 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. While Scotland continued their winning run by beating Papua New Guinea by 17 runs, Bangladesh bounced back and thrashed Oman by 26 runs. With the qualifying round being in its latter stage, Bangladesh and Scotland would be pleased with the results. However, the losing sides now have the onus to bounce back.

Speaking of Match No.5, Scotland won the toss and opted to bat in Al Amerat. The Scottish side justified the decision and posted 165/9 on the board. While Richie Berrington made 70 runs, Matthew Cross contributed with 75. The total would have been even more daunting had Kabua Morea not taken a four-wicket haul.

Chasing the target, PNG didn’t get a good start but Norman Vanua played some fine shots to keep his team in the hunt. However, Scotland eventually went on to win the contest. Coming to the evening game, Bangladesh got bundled out for 153 after electing to bat first in Al Amerat. While opener Mohammad Naim scored 65, Shakib Al Hasan made a quickfire 42.

Chasing the tricky total, Oman got off to a fine start with Jatinder Singh and Kashyap Prajapati playing handy knocks. However, Shakib and Mustafizur Rahman rattled Oman’s middle order and restricted them to 127/9 in their allotted 20 overs.

Meanwhile, here are the important stats and numbers from the 5th and 6th match of ICC T20 World Cup 2021:  

4/31 – Kabua Morea recorded the third-best figures by a PNG bowler in T20Is, 4/31.

165/9 – Scotland registered their highest score in T20 World Cups, 165/9. Their previous highest was 156/5 against Afghanistan in 2016.

1 – Richie Berrington became the first Scotland batter to score a half-century in T20 World Cups. Overall, he scored 70 against Namibia.

92 – Richie Berrington and Mathew Cross also recorded the highest partnership by a Scotland pair in T20 World Cups (92).

2 – Berrington crossed the 50-run mark for the seventh time in T20Is, joint second-most by a Scotland batter. While Calum Macleod also has as many 50-plus scores, George Munsey (8) tops the list.

4 – Matthew Cross became the fourth Scotland player to complete 50 T20Is. Richie Berrington, Kyle Coetzer, and Calum MacLeod are the other three.

4/18 – Josh Davey recorded the best figures by a Scotland bowler in T20Is, 4/18.

5 – Shakib Al Hasan is now the joint fifth-highest wicket-taker in T20 World Cups with 35 wickets. He shares the record with Umar Gul.

3 – Mustafizur Rahman recorded the third-best figures by a Bangladesh bowler in T20 World Cups, 4/24.

2 – Mohammad Naim scored his second half-century in T20 Internationals.

2 – Shakib Al Hasan became Bangladesh’s highest run-scorer in T20Is, taking his tally to 1825 runs. He went past Mahmudullah (1810) to get the feat.

1 – Among the Test-playing nations, Shakib is the only all-rounder to be the highest run-scorer and highest wicket-taker in T20Is of a national team.

500 – Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladesh player to hit 500 fours in T20 cricket.