Match No 40 – West Indies vs Afghanistan at Gros Islet on 17.06.24 – West Indies won by 104 runs
N Pooran of West Indies scored 98 in this game to provide the 328th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 26th occasion of a West Indies batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.
N Pooran of West Indies scored 98 in this game to provide the 34th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of a West Indies wicket keeper batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.
N Pooran of West Indies scored 98 in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of a West Indies batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup.
N Pooran of West Indies scored 98 in this game to provide the second occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of a West Indies wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup.
N Pooran of West Indies was dismissed run out 98 in this game to provide the second occasion of a batsman dismissed run out for a ninety in an innings in the World Cup. Prior to this CH Gayle of West Indies was dismissed for 98 in an innings against India at Bridgetown on 09.05.10.
It also provides the second occasion of a West Indies batsman dismissed run out for a ninety in an innings in the World Cup. Prior to this CH Gayle of West Indies was dismissed for 98 in an innings against India at Bridgetown on 09.05.10.
It is interesting to note that there are only two batsmen in the World Cup who were dismissed run out for an identical score of 98 in an innings and both are West Indies batsmen. Both these batsmen were dismissed run out for 98 in a World Cup edition held in West Indies.
N Pooran of West Indies scored 98 in this game to provide the first occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of a West Indies wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the World Cup.
N Pooran of West Indies became the second batsman to score 36 runs an Over in the World Cup. That included Azmatullah Omarzai leaking 36 runs in his second over – the fourth of the innings – with N Pooran going berserk. It was the joint most expensive over in T20Is and here is how it unfolded by the espncricinfo commentary team.
3.1: Azmatullah to Pooran, SIX runs : Goes the distance. Off the outside edge. Length ball outside off from around the stumps, Pooran goes hard and looks to heave it across the line. But gets a thick outside edge that carries well over third. The six was into the breeze, says Roller
3.2: Azmatullah to Pooran, (no ball) FOUR runs : Pooran in his elements early. Length ball angling in at 130.3kph, he stays back, swivels and pulls it all along the ground through midwicket. What’s worse, Azmat has overstepped
3.2: Azmatullah to Pooran, 5 wide : It goes from bad to worse for Afghanistan. He goes for the bouncer but it is too short. Passes well over Pooran as well as the keeper’s head
Free hit remains
3.2: Azmatullah to Pooran, no run : The perfect yorker! But it counts for little. Omarzai nails the yorker on middle and leg, Pooran swings and misses
3.3: Azmatullah to Pooran, 4 leg byes :Full length ball on leg, Pooran swings and misses. But the ball deflects off his pads and runs away to the fine leg fence
3.4: Azmatullah to Pooran, FOUR runs :Length ball angling across Pooran, 122.4kph, he slices hard at that. Gets a thickish outside edge towards the vacant deep backward point region. Once again into the wind. It is the shorter boundary too
3.5: Azmatullah to Pooran, SIX runs : Fetch that! Full and in the slot on middle and leg. Pooran clears his front leg and thwacks it well over deep midwicket. 89m hit, thanks to the breeze
3.6: Azmatullah to Pooran, SIX runs : Pooran power punishing Afghanistan in Gros Islet! Omarzai bowls the slower one, 119.9kph, on a length around off. Pooran just belts it over the non-striker for a maximum. The boundary there is 77m, not the shortest one but it cleared it easily
Yuvraj Singh of India is the first batsman to score 36 runs in an Over in the World Cup. He had scored six consecutive sixes of SCJ Broad of England in the first edition of the World Cup held in West Indies in the game between India and England at Durban on 25.09.07
N Pooran became the fourth batsman to score 36 runs in an over in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. He also became the second West Indies batsman to score 36 runs in an over in the history of Twenty20 Internationals.
A Omarzai became the fifth bowler in the history of Twenty20 internationals to concede 36 runs in an over. He also became the second Afghanistan bowler in the history of Twenty20 internationals to concede 36 runs in an over
West Indies posted a total of 218 for five in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a team posting a total of 200 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of West Indies posting a total of 200 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup.
West Indies posted a total of 218 for five in this game to provide its highest team total in an innings in the World Cup.
R Gurbaz and Najibullah Zadran of Afghanistan scored zeroes in this game to provide 481st and 482nd the occasion of batsman scoring zeroes in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 23rd and 24th occasion of Afghanistan batsmen scoring zeroes in an innings in the World Cup.
R Gurbaz of Afghanistan was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the 124th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the seventh occasion of an Afghanistan opening batsman scoring zero in an innings in the World Cup
R Gurbaz of Afghanistan was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the 19th occasion of an wicket keeper opening batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of an Afghanistan wicket keeper opening batsman scoring zero in an innings in the World Cup
R Gurbaz of Afghanistan was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the 42nd occasion of an wicket keeper batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of an Afghanistan wicket keeper opening batsman scoring zero in an innings in the World Cup
Afghanistan was dismissed all out for 114 in this game to provide the 102nd occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the seventh occasion of Afghanistan dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup.
Afghanistan was dismissed all out for 114 in this game to provide the 57th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings while batting second in the World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of Afghanistan dismissed all out in an innings while batting second in the World Cup.
West Indies won this game by 104 runs to provide the eighth occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by 100 plus runs margin. It also provides the second occasion of West Indies winning a World Cup game by 100 plus runs margin
Afghanistan, South Africa and West Indies are the three teams to win a World Cup game by 100 plus runs margin on two occasions. It is interesting to note that these three teams have won a game by 130 plus runs as one of their wins