In a repeat of match 5, the minnow Afghanistan elected to field. England’s Luke Wright missed the century by one run as England posed a daunting total. Fighting 44 from Gulbodin Naib helped Afghanistan avoid the embarassment of scoring lowest T20 score as he lifted them from 26/8 to 80, levelling their previous lowest T20 score. England registered third biggest T20 win by runs, winning by 116 runs.
T20 World Cup 2012: Schedule and Results
Match Facts and Statistics
- 116-run win is England’s best victory by runs, and T20s third best.
80 runs by Afghanistan is their joint lowest.
6 sixes by Luke Wright in his unbeaten 99 is the most by an English batsman in a T20 inning.
Luke Wright was the Player of the Match.
44 runs by Gulbodin Naib is the highest individual score by Number 8 in T20.
England innings (20 overs maximum)
- Kieswetter b Shapoor Zadran 0
Hales run out 31 runs 27 balls 5 4s
Luke Wright not out 99 runs 55 balls 8 4s 6 6s
Morgan c Nawroz Mangal b Izatullah Dawlatzai 27 runs 23 balls 1 four 1 six
Buttler lbw b Izatullah Dawlatzai 15 runs 7 balls 3 4s
Bairstow c Karim Sadiq b Dawlat Zadran 12 runs 5 balls 1 four 1 six
Samit Patel not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 3) 12
Total (20 overs) 196/5
Fall of wickets
- 1-0 (Kieswetter, 0.6 ov), 2-69 (Hales, 9.1 ov), 3-141 (Morgan, 16.6 ov), 4-159 (Buttler, 18.2 ov), 5-194 (Bairstow, 19.5 ov)
Bowling
- Shapoor Zadran 3 ov 1 maiden 24/1
Dawlat Zadran 4 ov 22/1
Izatullah Dawlatzai 3 ov 56/2
Samiullah Shenwari 4 ov 33/0
Karim Sadiq 2 ov 9/0
Mohammad Nabi 4 ov 46/0
Afghanistan innings (target: 197 runs from 20 overs)
- Mohammad Shahzad c Broad b Finn 1 run 5 ball
Nawroz Mangal c & b Broad 8 runs 9 balls 1 four
Shafiqullah c Bopara b Dernbach 0
Karim Sadiq run out 5 runs 8 balls
Asghar Stanikzai c Bairstow b Broad 4 runs 11 balls
Mohammad Nabi b Patel 1 run 6 balls
Samiullah Shenwari c Finn b Swann 2 runs 9 balls
Gulbodin Naib c Morgan b Dernbach 44 runs 32 balls 5 4s 3 6s
Dawlat Zadran st Kieswetter b Patel 0
Shapoor Zadran lbw b Swann 9 runs 17 balls 1 six
Izatullah Dawlatzai not out 0
Extras (lb 1, w 5) 6
Total (17.2 overs) 80
Fall of wickets
- 1-2 (Mohammad Shahzad, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Shafiqullah, 1.1 ov), 3-14 (Nawroz Mangal, 3.2 ov), 4-22 (Karim Sadiq, 5.3 ov), 5-22 (Asghar Stanikzai, 5.4 ov), 6-25 (Samiullah Shenwari, 7.4 ov), 7-26 (Mohammad Nabi, 8.3 ov), 8-26 (Dawlat Zadran, 8.6 ov), 9-70 (Shapoor Zadran, 15.3 ov), 10-80 (Gulbodin Naib, 17.2 ov)
Bowling
- Finn 4 ov 24/1
Dernbach 2.2 ov 16/2
Broad 3 ov 1 maiden 10/2
Samit Patel 3 ov 6/2
Swann 4 ov 2 maidens 22/2
Wright 1 ov 1/0
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