Match No 24 – England Vs Afghanistan at Manchester on 18 Jun 19 – England won by 150 runs

England posted a team total of 397 for 6 in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of a team posting s team total of 350 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the second  occasion of England posting s team total of 350 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. The first occasion was its 386 for 6 against Bangladesh at Cardiff on 08.06.19. Thus England’s 397 for 6 in this game represents England’s highest team total in an innings in the World Cup

England posted a team total of 397 for 6 in this game to provide the 104^th occasion of a team posting s team total of 300 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 12th occasion of England posting s team total of 300 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup.

EJG Morgan scored 148 in this game to provide the 177^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 16^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a century in an innings in the World Cup

EJG Morgan scored 148 in this game to provide the 27^th occasion of a captain scoring a century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of an England captain scoring a century in an innings in the World Cup. The first occasion was AJ Strauss’ 158 against India at Bengaluru on 27.02.11

JM Bairstow scored 90 in this game to provide the 61^st occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup, It also provides the  occasion of an England batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup

JM Bairstow scored 90 in this game to provide the 19^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup, It also provides the second occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup. The first occasion was GA Gooch’s 92 against West Indies at Jaipur on 26.10.87

EJG Morgan {148} and JM Bairstow scored century and ninety in this game to provide the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring a century and a ninety in the same innings in the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	AC Gilchrist	99	Aus	Srl	Centurion	07 Mar 2003
	RT Ponting	114	Aus	Srl	Centurion	07 Mar 2003
2	MJ Clarke	93*	Aus	Net	Basseterre	18 Mar 2007
	BJ Hodge	123	Aus	Net	Basseterre	18 Mar 2007
3	ML Hayden	101	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
	RT Ponting	91	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
	MJ Clarke	92	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
4	M Jayawardene	100	Srl	Can	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011
	KC Sangakkara	92	Srl	Can	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011
5	EC Joyce	112	Ire	Zim	Hobart	07 Mar 2015
	A  Balabirni	97	Ire	Zim	Hobart	07 Mar 2015
6	BRM Taylor	121	Zim	Ire	Hobart	07 Mar 2015
	SC Williams	96	Zim	Ire	Hobart	07 Mar 2015
7	Shakib Al Hasan	124*	Ban	Win	Taunton	17 Jun 2019
	Liton Das	92*	Ban	Win	Taunton	17 Jun 2019
8	JM  Bairstow	90	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
	EJG Morgan	148	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019

JM Bairstow {90},JE Root {88} and EJG Morgan {148} scored fifties in this game to provide the 15^th  occasion of batsmen batting at number two, three and four scoring fifties in an innings in  the World Cup. It also provides the second such feat by England batsmen in the World Cup. The first such occasion was against Ireland at Bengaluru on

02.03.11. KP Pietersen {59}, IJL Trott {92} and IR Bell {81} were the batsmen who had scored fifties in this  game

JM Bairstow {90},JE Root {88} and EJG Morgan {148} scored fifties in this game to provide the  sixth  occasion of batsmen batting at number two, three and four scoring fifties – of which one is a century –  in an innings in  the World Cup.

JM Bairstow-JE Root added 120 for the  second wicket and JE Root-EJG Morgan added 189 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 20^th occasion of batsmen posting two three figure partnerships in an innings in the  World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	RB McCosker, A Turner	1	182	Aus	Srl	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
	GS Chappell, KD Walters	4	117	Aus	Srl	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
2	DL Haynes, IVA Richards	3	182	Win	Srl	Karachi	13 Oct 1987
	AL Logie, IVA Richards	4	116	Win	Srl	Karachi	13 Oct 1987
3	WJ Cronje, G Kirsten	2	116	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
	DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten	3	145*	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
4	PA de Silva, AP Gurusinha	3	183	Srl	Ken	Kandy	06 Mar 1996
	PA de Silva, A Ranatunga	4	106	Srl	Ken	Kandy	06 Mar 1996
5	MA Vermeulen, CB Wishart	1	107	Zim	Nam	Harare	10 Feb 2003
	GW Flower, CB Wishart	3	166*	Zim	Nam	Harare	10 Feb 2003
6	AC Gilchrist, RT Ponting	2	106	Aus	Srl	Centurion	07 Mar 2003
	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	3	112	Aus	Srl	Centurion	07 Mar 2003
7	AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden	1	105	Aus	Ind	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003
	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	3	234*	Aus	Ind	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003
8	SC Ganguly, V Sehwag	2	202	Ind	Ber	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2007
	SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh	5	122	Ind	Ber	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2007
9	AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden	1	106	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
	MJ Clarke, RT Ponting	3	161	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
10	V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar	1	142	Ind	RSA	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011
	G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar	2	125	Ind	RSA	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011
11	V Sibanda, T Taibu	3	110	Zim	Ken	Kolkata	20 Mar 2011
	E Chigumbura, CR Ervine	5	105	Zim	Ken	Kolkata	20 Mar 2011
12	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	129	Ind	Pak	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
	V Kohli, SK Raina	3	110	Ind	Pak	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
13	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	127	Ind	RSA	Melbourne	22 Feb 2015
	S Dhawan, AM Rahane	3	125	Ind	RSA	Melbourne	22 Feb 2015
14	TM Dilshan, HDRL Thirimanne	1	122	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	210*	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
15	HM Amla, F du Plessis	2	127	RSA	Win	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
	AB de Villiers, RR Rossouw	4	134	RSA	Win	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
16	TM Dilshan, HDRL Thirimanne	1	100	Srl	Eng	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
	KC Sangakkara, HDRL Thirimanne	2	212*	Srl	Eng	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
17	HM Amla, F du Plessis	2	247	RSA	Ire	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
	DA Miller, RR Rossouw	5	110*	RSA	Ire	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
18	MJ Clarke, SPD Smith	3	134	Aus	Srl	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
	GJ Maxwell, SR Watson	5	160	Aus	Srl	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
19	JE Root, JJ Roy	2	106	Eng	RSA	The Oval	30 May 2019
	EJG Morgan, BA Stokes	4	106	Eng	RSA	The Oval	30 May 2019
20	JM Bairstow, JE Root	2	120	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
	EJG Morgan, JE Root	3	189	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019

JM Bairstow-JE Root added 120 for the  second wicket and JE Root-EJG Morgan added 189 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the second occasion of England batsmen posting two three figure partnerships in an innings in the  World Cup. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	JE Root, JJ Roy	2	106	Eng	RSA	The Oval	30 May 2019
	EJG Morgan, BA Stokes	4	106	Eng	RSA	The Oval	30 May 2019
2	JM Bairstow, JE Root	2	120	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
	EJG Morgan, JE Root	3	189	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019

JM Bairstow-JE Root added 120 for the  second wicket and JE Root-EJG Morgan added 189 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 284^th and 285^th occasion of batsmen posting three figure partnerships in an innings in the  World Cup. It also provides the 31^st and 32nd occasion of England batsmen posting three figure partnerships in an innings in the  World Cup.

JM Bairstow-JE Root added 120 for the second wicket in this game to provide the 66^th occasion of batsmen posting three figure partnerships in an innings in the World Cup for the second wicket. It also provides the seventh occasion of England batsmen posting three figure partnerships in an innings in the World Cup for the second wicket

JE Root-EJG Morgan added 189 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 70^th occasion of batsmen posting three figure partnerships in an innings in the  World Cup for the third wicket.  It also provides the eleventh occasion of England batsmen posting three figure partnerships in an innings in the World Cup for the third wicket.

JE Root-EJG Morgan added 189 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the highest partnership in an innings in the  World Cup for the third wicket. The previous best stand was 170 runs between AJ Strauss and IR Bell against India at Bengaluru on 27.02.11

Rashid Khan returned with figures of none for 110 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of a bowler conceding 100 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Rashid Khan	9.0	0	110	0	Afghanistan	v England	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
2	MC Snedden	12.0	1	105	2	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	09 Jun 1983
3	JO Holder	10.0	2	104	1	West Indies	v South Africa	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
4	Dawlat Zadran	10.0	1	101	2	Afghanistan	v Australia	Perth	04 Mar 2015

Rashid Khan became the most expensive bowler in terms of runs conceded in an innings in the World Cup. The previous record holder was MC Snedden of New Zealand. He had leaked 105 runs against England at The Oval on 09 Jun 1983. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Rashid Khan	9.0	0	110	0	Afghanistan	v England	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
2	MC Snedden	12.0	1	105	2	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	09 Jun 1983

Rashid Khan became the most expensive bowler in terms of runs conceded in an innings in the World Cup against England. The previous record holder was MC Snedden of New Zealand. He had leaked 105 runs at The Oval on 09 Jun 1983. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Rashid Khan	9.0	0	110	0	Afghanistan	v England	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
2	MC Snedden	12.0	1	105	2	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	09 Jun 1983

Rashid Khan earned the dubious  distinction of becoming the first bowler in the world Cup to concede 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket. He returned with figures of none for 110 in this game.

England won this match by 150 runs to provide the 32^nd occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by 150 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	won	275 runs	v Afghanistan	Perth	04 Mar 2015
2	India	won	257 runs	v Bermuda	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2007
3	South Africa	won	257 runs	v West Indies	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
4	Australia	won	256 runs	v Namibia	Potchefstroom	27 Feb 2003
5	Sri Lanka	won	243 runs	v Bermuda	Port of Spain	15 Mar 2007
6	South Africa	won	231 runs	v Netherlands	Mohali	03 Mar 2011
7	Australia	won	229 runs	v Netherlands	Basseterre	18 Mar 2007
8	South Africa	won	221 runs	v Netherlands	Basseterre	16 Mar 2007
9	Australia	won	215 runs	v New Zealand	St George’s	20 Apr 2007
10	West Indies	won	215 runs	v Netherlands	Delhi	28 Feb 2011
11	Sri Lanka	won	210 runs	v Canada	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011
12	South Africa	won	206 runs	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Mar 2011
13	Pakistan	won	205 runs	v Kenya	Hambantota	23 Feb 2011
14	Australia	won	203 runs	v Scotland	Basseterre	14 Mar 2007
15	England	won	202 runs	v India	Lord’s	07 Jun 1975
16	South Africa	won	201 runs	v Ireland	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
17	Sri Lanka	won	198 runs	v Bangladesh	Port of Spain	21 Mar 2007
18	England	won	196 runs	v East Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1975
19	Pakistan	won	192 runs	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	14 Jun 1975
20	West Indies	won	191 runs	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	13 Oct 1987
21	India	won	183 runs	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	10 Mar 2003
22	India	won	181 runs	v Namibia	Pietermaritzburg	23 Feb 2003
23	New Zealand	won	181 runs	v East Africa	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
24	Zimbabwe	won	175 runs	v Canada	Nagpur	28 Feb 2011
25	Pakistan	won	171 runs	v Namibia	Kimberley	16 Feb 2003
26	South Africa	won	169 runs	v U.A.E.	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
27	Australia	won	162 runs	v India	Nottingham	13 Jun 1983
28	Zimbabwe	won	161 runs	v Kenya	Kolkata	20 Mar 2011
29	South Africa	won	160 runs	v Netherlands	Rawalpindi	05 Mar 1996
30	India	won	157 runs	v Sri Lanka	Taunton	26 May 1999
31	England	won	150 runs	v Afghanistan	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
32	West Indies	won	150 runs	v Pakistan	Christchurch	21 Feb 2015

England won this match by 150 runs to provide the third occasion of England winning a World Cup game by 150 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	England	won	202 runs	v India	Lord’s	07 Jun 1975
2	England	won	196 runs	v East Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1975
3	England	won	150 runs	v Afghanistan	Manchester	18 Jun 2019

England won this match by 150 runs to provide the tenth occasion of England winning a World Cup game by 100 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	202 runs	v India	Lord’s	07 Jun 1975
2	England	196 runs	v East Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1975
3	England	150 runs	v Afghanistan	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
4	England	119 runs	v Scotland	Christchurch	23 Feb 2015
5	England	112 runs	v Pakistan	Cape Town	22 Feb 2003
6	England	108 runs	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	17 Oct 1987
7	England	106 runs	v New Zealand	The Oval	09 Jun 1983
8	England	106 runs	v Sri Lanka	Ballarat	09 Mar 1992
9	England	106 runs	v Bangladesh	Cardiff	08 Jun 2019
10	England	104 runs	v South Africa	The Oval	30 May 2019

EJG Morgan scored 17 boundary sixes in his knock of 148 runs in this game. He now owns the record for most sixes in a innings by a batsman in one day internationals. He went past RG Sharma, AB de Villiers and CH Gayle who had scored 16 boundary sixes in an innings. The following table lists these four batsmen

No	Player	Runs	6s	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	EJG Morgan	148	17	1	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
2	RG Sharma	209	16	1	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	2 Nov 2013
3	AB de Villiers	149	16	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	18 Jan 2015
4	CH Gayle	215	16	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015

EJG Morgan scored 17 boundary sixes in his knock of 148 runs in this game. He now owns the record for most sixes in a innings by a batsman in a World Cup game. He went past CH Gayle who had scored 16 boundary sixes in an innings against Zimbabwe at Canberra on 24.02.15. The following table lists these two batsmen

No	Player	Runs	6s	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	EJG Morgan	148	17	1	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
2	CH Gayle	215	16	1	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015

Dawlat Zardan {3 for 85} and Rashid Khan {none for 110} conceded 80 plus runs in this game to provide the 36^th  and 37^th occasion of a bowler  conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the fourth and fifth occasion of Afghanistan bowlers conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup

Dawlat Zardan {3 for 85} and Rashid Khan {none for 110} conceded 80 plus runs in this game to provide the third  occasion of two bowler  conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the first  occasion of two Afghanistan bowlers conceding 80 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup