T20 World Cup 2022 – Match No 10 – Namibia Vs United Arab Emirates at  Geelong on 20 Oct 2022

T20 World Cup 2022 – Match No 10 – Namibia Vs United Arab Emirates at  Geelong on 20 Oct 2022

Muhammad Waseem scored 50 in this game to provide the 132nd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of a UAE batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup.

Muhammad Waseem scored 50 in this game to provide the eighth occasion of an opening batsman scoring an exact fifty or an unbeaten 50 not out in an innings in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1DL Maddy502EngNZlDurban18 Sep 2007
2G Gambhir501IndBanNottingham06 Jun 2009
3Noor Ali Zadran501AfgIndGros Islet01 May 2010
4Kamran Akmal501PakAusGros Islet14 May 2010
5RE Levi50*2RSAZimHambantota20 Sep 2012
6Aqib Ilyas50*2OmaPNGAl Amerat17 Oct 2021
7KL Rahul502IndScoDub-DSC05 Nov 2021
8Muhammad Waseem501UAENamGeelong20 Oct 2022

Muhammad Waseem scored 50 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of an opening batsman dismissed for an exact fifty or an unbeaten 50 not out in an innings in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1DL Maddy502EngNZlDurban18 Sep 2007
2G Gambhir501IndBanNottingham06 Jun 2009
3Noor Ali Zadran501AfgIndGros Islet01 May 2010
4Kamran Akmal501PakAusGros Islet14 May 2010
5KL Rahul502IndScoDub-DSC05 Nov 2021
6Muhammad Waseem501UAENamGeelong20 Oct 2022

D Wiese scored 55 in this game to provide the third occasion of a Namibian batsman scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup. It also represents his second fifty in the T20 World Cup. He had scored 66 not out against Netherlands at Abu Dhabi on 20 Oct 2021. D Wiese scored his second fifty of the T20 World Cup exactly a year later.

D Wiese’s 55 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 83rd occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of a Namibian batsman’s fifty going in vain in the T20 World Cup.

United Arab Emirates posted its first win in the T20 World Cup in its sixth match when it beat Namibia by seven runs.

The following table list the 22 wins posted by teams with single digit runs margin {0ne to nine runs} in the T20 World Cup.

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1Nepalwon9 runsv AfghanistanChattogram20 Mar 2014
2New Zealandwon9 runsv EnglandChattogram22 Mar 2014
3Sri Lankawon9 runsv IrelandLord’s14 Jun 2009
4Bangladeshwon8 runsv NetherlandsDharamsala09 Mar 2016
5New Zealandwon8 runsv AustraliaDharamsala18 Mar 2016
6New Zealandwon7 runsv ZimbabweProvidence04 May 2010
7Pakistanwon7 runsv South AfricaNottingham18 Jun 2009
8U.A.E.won7 runsv NamibiaGeelong20 Oct 2022
9Afghanistanwon6 runsv West IndiesNagpur27 Mar 2016
10Scotlandwon6 runsv BangladeshAl Amerat17 Oct 2021
11South Africawon6 runsv NetherlandsChattogram27 Mar 2014
12Indiawon5 runsv PakistanJohannesburg24 Sep 2007
13New Zealandwon5 runsv EnglandDurban18 Sep 2007
14Sri Lankawon5 runsv South AfricaChattogram22 Mar 2014
15Englandwon3 runsv IndiaLord’s14 Jun 2009
16South Africawon3 runsv EnglandChattogram29 Mar 2014
17West Indieswon3 runsv BangladeshSharjah29 Oct 2021
18South Africawon2 runsv New ZealandChattogram24 Mar 2014
19Indiawon1 runv BangladeshBengaluru23 Mar 2016
20Indiawon1 runv South AfricaCol-RPS02 Oct 2012
21New Zealandwon1 runv PakistanBridgetown08 May 2010
22South Africawon1 runv New ZealandLord’s09 Jun 2009

The following table list the three wins posted by teams with exact seven runs margin in the T20 World Cup

NoTeamResMarginOppositionGroundStart Date
1New Zealandwon7 runsv ZimbabweProvidence04 May 2010
2Pakistanwon7 runsv South AfricaNottingham18 Jun 2009
2U.A.E.won7 runsv NamibiaGeelong20 Oct 2022
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