Match No 04 – Afghanistan vs Australia at Bristol on 01.06.19 – Australia won by seven wickets

Both the teams had new captains in this game for the World Cup. Afghanistan was led by Gulbadain Nabi while Australia was led by AJ Finch. Gulbadain Nabi was Afghanistan’s second captain in the World Cup, while AJ Finch was Australia’s tenth captain in the World Cup. At the end of this game, World Cup has witnessed 113 captains leading their respective teams.  

UT Khawaja, AT Carey, NM Coulter-nile, MP Stoinis and AD Zampa making their World Cup debut, the number of cricketers representing Australia in World Cup swelled to 99

Nasir Jamal, Shafiqullah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rahmat Shah and Rashid Khan making their World Cup debut, the number of cricketers representing Afghanistan in World Cup swelled to 22

Mohamad Shahzad and Hazrat Zazai scored ducks in this game to provide the fifth occasion of both the openers scoring ducks in a world cup game. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Player	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Mohsin Khan	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	New Zealand	Edgbaston	11.06.83
2	S M Gavaskar	K Srikkanth	India	Zimbabwe	TB .Wells	18.06.83
3	B M W Patterson	I L Philip	Scotland	Pakistan	Ch-le-ST	20.05.99
4	HDRL Thirimanne	T M Dilshan	Sri Lanka	Afghanistan	Dunedin	22.02.15
5	Mohammad Shahzad	Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	Australia	Bristol	01.06.19

Both the teams had new wicket keepers in this game for the World Cup. Mohamad Shahzad kept wickets for Afghanistan while AT Carey kept wickets for Australia. Mohamad Shahzad became the second Afghanistan wicket keeper in the world cup while AT Carey became the ninth Australian wicket keeper in the World Cup. At the end of this game, World Cup has witnessed 96 wicket keepers donning the gloves for their respective teams. 

AJ Finch scored 66 in this game to provide the 25th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty on his world cup debut. He became the third Australian captain after RT Ponting and GJ Bailey to perform such a feat.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	53	1	Aus	Pak	Johannesburg	11 Feb 2003
2	GJ Bailey	55	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14 Feb 2015
3	AJ Finch	66	2	Aus	Afg	Bristol	01 Jun 2019

AJ Finch {66} and DA Warner {89*} scored fifties in this game to provide the 46th occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of both the Australian openers scoring fifties in an innings in the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RB McCosker	73	1	Aus	Srk	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
	A Turner	101	1	Aus	Srl	The Oval	11 Jun 1975
2	TM Moody	57	2	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	7 Mar 1992
	GR Marsh	60	2	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	7 Mar 1992
3	ME Waugh	126	1	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27 Feb 1996
	MA Taylor	59	1	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27 Feb 1996
4	SR Watson	62	2	Aus	NZl	Nagpur	25 Feb 2011
	BJ Haddin	55	2	Aus	NZl	Nagpur	25 Feb 2011
5	SR Watson	94	2	Aus	Can	Bangalore	16 Mar 2011
	BJ Haddin	88	2	Aus	Can	Bangalore	16 Mar 2011
6	AJ Finch	66	2	Aus	Afg	Bristol	01 Jun 2019
	DA Warner	89*	2	Aus	Afg	Bristol	01 Jun 2019