24th Match, Super 10 Group 1: Afghanistan v England at Delhi – Mar 23, 2016 – England 142/7 (20/20 ov); Afghanistan 127/9 (20/20 ov) – England won by 15 runs

JE Root was dismissed run out in this game to provide the 17th occasion of an England batsman dismissed run out in WT20. It also provides the ninth occasion of a batsman dismissed run out against Afghanistan in WT20. JE Root became the second England batsman to be dismissed run out against Afghanistan in WT20. AD Hales was the other batsman to be dismissed in such a manner. He was dismissed run out for 31 at Col-RPS on 21.09.12

EJG Morgan was dismissed for a duck in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of a captain dismissed for a duck in WT20. It also provides the third occasion of an England captain dismissed for a duck in WT20.

EJG Morgan collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in WT20 and provides the second such occasion by an England captain in WT20. PD Collingwood was the other England captain to suffer such an ignominy. He collected the first ball duck against South Africa at Cape Town on 16.09.07.

EJG Morgan of England and Gulbadin Naib collected ducks while batting at number four in this game to provide the second occasion of batsmen batting at number four scoring ducks in a WT20 game. The first such occasion was witnessed in the game between Ireland and UAE at Sylhet on 19.03.14. SP Patil of UAE and KJ O’Brien of Ireland batting at number four failed to open their accounts

MM Ali and DJ Willey added 57 runs in an unfinished stand for the eighth wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of batsmen posting fifty plus runs partnership for the eighth wicket in WT20. All the three occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MM Ali, DJ Willey	8	57*	1	Eng	Afg	Delhi	23 Mar 2016
2	MEK Hussey, MG Johnson	8	53*	2	Aus	Pak	Gros Islet	14 May 2010
3	SR Patel, GP Swann	8	51	2	Eng	Srl	Pallekele	01 Oct 2012

This stand represents the record stand for the eighth wicket in WT20. The previous best was the 53 runs unfinished stand between MEK Hussey and MG Johnson in the game between Australia and Pakistan at Gros Islet on 14.05.10

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MM Ali, DJ Willey	8	57*	1	Eng	Afg	Delhi	23 Mar 2016
2	MEK Hussey, MG Johnson	8	53*	2	Aus	Pak	Gros Islet	14 May 2010

This stand represent the record stand for the eighth wicket by England batsmen in WT20. The previous best was the 51 runs partnership between SR Patel and GP Swann against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on 01.10.12

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MM Ali, DJ Willey	8	57*	1	Eng	Afg	Delhi	23 Mar 2016
2	SR Patel, GP Swann	8	51	2	Eng	Srl	Pallekele	01 Oct 2012

This stand provides the 28^th occasion of England batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnerships for various wickets in WT20

MM Ali scored 41 not out in this game to provide the highest score by an England batsman batting at number seven in WT20. The previous best was LG Wright’s 24 against New Zealand at Durban on 18.09.07