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
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | DL Maddy | 50 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Durban | 18 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | G Gambhir | 50 | 1 | Ind | Ban | Nottingham | 06 Jun 2009 |
| 3 | Noor Ali Zadran | 50 | 1 | Afg | Ind | Gros Islet | 01 May 2010 |
| 4 | Kamran Akmal | 50 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Gros Islet | 14 May 2010 |
| 5 | RE Levi | 50* | 2 | RSA | Zim | Hambantota | 20 Sep 2012 |
| 6 | Aqib Ilyas | 50* | 2 | Oma | PNG | Al Amerat | 17 Oct 2021 |
| 7 | KL Rahul | 50 | 2 | Ind | Sco | Dub-DSC | 05 Nov 2021 |
| 8 | Muhammad Waseem | 50 | 1 | UAE | Nam | Geelong | 20 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
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | DL Maddy | 50 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Durban | 18 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | G Gambhir | 50 | 1 | Ind | Ban | Nottingham | 06 Jun 2009 |
| 3 | Noor Ali Zadran | 50 | 1 | Afg | Ind | Gros Islet | 01 May 2010 |
| 4 | Kamran Akmal | 50 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Gros Islet | 14 May 2010 |
| 5 | KL Rahul | 50 | 2 | Ind | Sco | Dub-DSC | 05 Nov 2021 |
| 6 | Muhammad Waseem | 50 | 1 | UAE | Nam | Geelong | 20 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.
| No | Team | Res | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Nepal | won | 9 runs | v Afghanistan | Chattogram | 20 Mar 2014 |
| 2 | New Zealand | won | 9 runs | v England | Chattogram | 22 Mar 2014 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | won | 9 runs | v Ireland | Lord’s | 14 Jun 2009 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | won | 8 runs | v Netherlands | Dharamsala | 09 Mar 2016 |
| 5 | New Zealand | won | 8 runs | v Australia | Dharamsala | 18 Mar 2016 |
| 6 | New Zealand | won | 7 runs | v Zimbabwe | Providence | 04 May 2010 |
| 7 | Pakistan | won | 7 runs | v South Africa | Nottingham | 18 Jun 2009 |
| 8 | U.A.E. | won | 7 runs | v Namibia | Geelong | 20 Oct 2022 |
| 9 | Afghanistan | won | 6 runs | v West Indies | Nagpur | 27 Mar 2016 |
| 10 | Scotland | won | 6 runs | v Bangladesh | Al Amerat | 17 Oct 2021 |
| 11 | South Africa | won | 6 runs | v Netherlands | Chattogram | 27 Mar 2014 |
| 12 | India | won | 5 runs | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 24 Sep 2007 |
| 13 | New Zealand | won | 5 runs | v England | Durban | 18 Sep 2007 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | won | 5 runs | v South Africa | Chattogram | 22 Mar 2014 |
| 15 | England | won | 3 runs | v India | Lord’s | 14 Jun 2009 |
| 16 | South Africa | won | 3 runs | v England | Chattogram | 29 Mar 2014 |
| 17 | West Indies | won | 3 runs | v Bangladesh | Sharjah | 29 Oct 2021 |
| 18 | South Africa | won | 2 runs | v New Zealand | Chattogram | 24 Mar 2014 |
| 19 | India | won | 1 run | v Bangladesh | Bengaluru | 23 Mar 2016 |
| 20 | India | won | 1 run | v South Africa | Col-RPS | 02 Oct 2012 |
| 21 | New Zealand | won | 1 run | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 08 May 2010 |
| 22 | South Africa | won | 1 run | v New Zealand | Lord’s | 09 Jun 2009 |
The following table list the three wins posted by teams with exact seven runs margin in the T20 World Cup
| No | Team | Res | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | New Zealand | won | 7 runs | v Zimbabwe | Providence | 04 May 2010 |
| 2 | Pakistan | won | 7 runs | v South Africa | Nottingham | 18 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | U.A.E. | won | 7 runs | v Namibia | Geelong | 20 Oct 2022 |