Windies finished their journey in the ongoing 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup after securing a 23-run victory against Afghanistan at Leeds on Thursday (4th July).
After the Windies captain Jason Holder decided to bat first, they managed a total of 311/6 in 50 overs. Chasing down that target, Afghanistan were bowled out on 288 runs (50 overs).
Brief Scores: Windies – 311/6 in 50 overs (Shai Hope 77, Nicholas Pooran 58; Dawlat Zadran 2/73)
Afghanistan – 288 in 50 overs (Ikram Alikhil 86, Rahmat Shah 62; Carlos Brathwaite 4/63)
Result – Windies won by 23 runs
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
Windies
i) Windies scored 311/6 (50 overs) in the first innings.
- It is the highest ODI total for Windies against Afghanistan. Their previous record was 204 runs (46.5 overs) at Harare on 25th March 2018.
Afghanistan
i) In the second innings, Afghanistan scored 288 runs (50 overs).
- It is the highest second-innings ODI total for Afghanistan. Their previous highest second-innings ODI total was 276/8 (49.4 overs) against the UAE at ICCA Dubai on 2nd December 2014.
(Players’ stats)
Chris Gayle
i) Windies star Chris Gayle played his 35th match in CWC career.
- Chris Gayle is the most-capped CWC player for Windies. Playing this match, Gayle surpassed the Caribbean legend Brian Lara who played 34 CWC matches for this side.
ii) Chris Gayle has also played his 295th ODI matches for Windies.
- It is the joint most ODI matches for Windies for a player. Brian Lara also played 295 ODIs for this international team.
Shai Hope
i) Windies wicketkeeper-batsman Shai Hope has scored 274 runs in CWC career.
- It is the most CWC career runs for a Windies wicketkeeper-batsman. During this match, Hope surpassed the former Windies wicketkeeper-batsman Ridley Jacobs who scored 270 runs in CWC career.
Ikram Alikhil
i) At the age of 18 years and 278 days, Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Ikram Alikhil scored 86 runs.
- Ikram Alikhil is the second youngest wicketkeeper-batsman in international cricket history to score the maiden 50+ score. While Alikhil is the youngest wicketkeeper-batsman in ODI history to hold this record, Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan) is the youngest wicketkeeper-batsman in Test as well as in international cricket history to score the maiden 50+ score. At the age of 17 years and 300 days, Hanif Mohammad achieved this feat.
- Ikram Alikhil is the third youngest batsman in CWC history to post a 50+ score. The top two record holders are both from Bangladesh, and they are Tamim Iqbal (17 years and 362 days) and Mohammad Ashraful (18 years and 234 days).
Rahmat Shah and Ikram Alikhil
i) Afghanistan cricketers Rahmat Shah and Ikram Alikhil had a partnership of 133-run for the second wickets.
- It is the first 100+ partnership for Afghanistan in CWC history. Their previous record was 94 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between Hashmatullah Shahidi and Asghar Afghan against England at Manchester on 18th June 2019.