Afghanistan Performance Review
This is the first time I have watched all Afghanistan matches live and collected their ball 2 ball data featuring few key indicators. Here is my analysis on their WC performance and what was the general expectation!.
This year they had a great run before WC – played 8 ODIs, 4 won lost 3 and 1 abandoned – These games were against Ireland and Scotland played in India, Scotland and Ireland.
Their rise to Int. cricket was well documented and possibly got an tag as “giant killers” for this WC. However they performed very poorly in this WC. They lost all their 9 ODIs and apart from one game(or maybe 2), they never came close to defeating any team!.
Perhaps they need to play more 50-over matches!
From batting perspective assume 175 is a decent total to judge one’s batting, irrespective of chasing or setting. Afghanistan has surpassed 175 on 12 occasion in 71 T20Is – 16.90% , with 278 being their highest score (v/s Ireland)while batting first!. Suggesting they are aware how to bat in the shortest format and score fast –
However when it comes to 50-over matches, only 11 times they went past 275(1st/2nd bat) in 123 ODIs -– 8.94%.
In this WC their batting failed because they did not have a consistent top order. Infact they are the only team who had maximum no. of players participating in WC. In 9 ODIs 17 players took part in playing XI – It clearly shows how inconsistent their playing XI had been..
They had 6 pair of opening batsmen!
However the biggest disappointing fact was Rashid Khan’s bowling performance. Rashid has been touted as one of the best leg-spinner in the shortest format, and the best in T20I format. However he never looked threatened…and at times was very expensive (unlike him). He manage to pick on 6 wkts @5.79/over!.
Statistical Analysis
ODIs – 9
Lost –9 (Aus, SL, NZ, SA, ENG, IND, BAN, PAK, and WI)
KPI (WC-2019) Bat v Bowl
| Batting | Indicators | Bowling |
| 21.05 | Avg | 41.92 |
| 4.09 | R/o | 5.42 |
| 27.14 | St. Rate | 45.08 |
| 40.07 | Scoring Rate | 49.06 |
| 8.34 | Boundary rate | 9.18 |
| 51.49 | L 4 | 46.67 |
| 31.86 | 6 + | 39.33 |
10-over phases
Batting
| Batting | Wkts | Avg | R/O | St.Rate | Scoring Rate | Boundary rate | % 6 + R/o | % < =4 R/o |
| (0-10) | 11 | 37.27 | 4.56 | 49.00 | 32.84 | 9.46 | 30.06 | 59.00 |
| (11-20) | 13 | 27.31 | 3.94 | 41.54 | 37.41 | 6.67 | 24.44 | 58.89 |
| (21-30) | 19 | 19.32 | 4.08 | 28.42 | 38.89 | 6.67 | 26.67 | 65.56 |
| (31-40) | 21 | 21.24 | 5.91 | 21.57 | 48.34 | 11.26 | 46.36 | 37.09 |
| (41-50) | 23 | 11.00 |
5.23 |
12.61 | 47.59 | 7.93 | 39.31 | 43.45 |
| (0-10) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots | wkts |
| Rahmat | 107 | 183 | 15 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| H Zazai | 96 | 101 | 12 | 2 | 45 | 4 |
| Naib | 83 | 96 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| N Zadran | 46 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Alikhil | 22 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| H Shahidi | 9 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1st Phase total | 371 | 539 | 48 | 3 | 177 | 11 |
| (11-20) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots | wkts |
| Rahmat | 104 | 146 | 12 | 1 | 61 | 5 |
| Naib | 55 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| H Shahidi | 53 | 145 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Asghar | 35 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Alikhil | 33 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Nabi | 23 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Najibullah | 21 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| N Zadran | 17 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2nd Phase total | 341 | 540 | 33 | 3 | 202 | 13 |
| (21-30) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots | wkts |
| Najibullah | 68 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 1 |
| H Shahidi | 62 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| Alikhil | 50 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Naib | 48 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| Rahmat | 41 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| Asghar | 37 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| Rashid Khan | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Nabi | 11 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 3rd Phase total | 344 | 540 | 33 | 3 | 210 | 19 |
| (31-40) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots | wkts |
| Najibullah | 102 | 111 | 13 | 1 | 53 | 3 |
| Asghar | 64 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 2 |
| H Shahidi | 59 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 46 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 |
| Nabi | 36 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Shinwari | 30 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Alikhil | 27 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| Aftab | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Hamid H | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Mujeeb R | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 4th Phase total | 421 | 453 | 40 | 11 | 219 | 21 |
| (41-50) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots | wkts |
| Rashid Khan | 41 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| Shinwari | 41 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Najibullah | 39 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 |
| Nabi | 36 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
| Shirzad | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Asghar | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 5th Phase total | 239 | 290 | 16 | 7 | 138 | 23 |
10-over phases
Bowling
| Bowling | Wkts | Avg | R/O | St.Rate | Scoring Rate | Boundary rate | % 6 + R/o | % < =4 R/o |
| (0-10) | 7 | 63.43 | 4.93 | 77.14 | 37.59 | 10.74 | 31.11 | 50.00 |
| (11-20) | 6 | 75.33 | 5.00 | 90.33 | 51.11 | 6.27 | 35.42 | 50.92 |
| (21-30) | 13 | 35.77 | 5.22 | 41.08 | 49.81 | 7.68 | 40.45 | 49.44 |
| (31-40) | 11 | 30.27 | 5.20 | 34.91 | 51.04 | 6.77 | 32.81 | 53.13 |
| (41-50) | 14 | 31.71 | 8.88 | 21.43 | 62.00 | 17.33 | 66.00 | 24.00 |
| (0-10) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | r/o | % mdn | C 4 | L 4 |
| Mujeeb R | 174 | 119 | 3 | 4.10 | 3.45 | 17.24 | 65.52 |
| Aftab | 78 | 65 | 2 | 5.00 | 15.38 | 30.77 | 53.85 |
| Dawlat Z | 108 | 100 | 2 | 5.56 | 5.56 | 11.11 | 33.33 |
| Hamid H | 90 | 79 | 0 | 5.27 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 46.67 |
| Nabi | 30 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 60.00 |
| Naib | 48 | 37 | 0 | 4.63 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 37.50 |
| 1st Phase total | 540 | 435 | 7 | 4.83 | 7.78 | 20.00 | 50.00 |
| (11-20) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | r/o | % mdn | C 4 | L 4 |
| Nabi | 173 | 108 | 5 | 3.75 | 0.00 | 31.21 | 76.30 |
| Naib | 165 | 162 | 1 | 5.89 | 3.64 | 14.55 | 32.73 |
| Mujeeb R | 24 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 |
| Rahmat | 30 | 30 | 0 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 40.00 |
| Rashid K | 120 | 113 | 0 | 5.65 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 35.00 |
| 2nd Phase total | 542 | 450 | 6 | 4.98 | 1.11 | 26.57 | 50.92 |
| (21-30) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | r/o | % mdn | C 4 | L 4 |
| Nabi | 148 | 128 | 3 | 5.19 | 0.00 | 40.54 | 56.76 |
| Mujeeb R | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 60.00 | 80.00 |
| Naib | 92 | 82 | 2 | 5.35 | 6.52 | 19.57 | 45.65 |
| Rashid K | 114 | 103 | 2 | 5.42 | 0.00 | 15.79 | 47.37 |
| Aftab | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 66.67 |
| Hamid H | 42 | 29 | 1 | 4.14 | 0.00 | 42.86 | 57.14 |
| Rahmat | 42 | 37 | 1 | 5.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.57 |
| Dawlat Z | 18 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shinwari | 24 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 3rd Phase total | 534 | 460 | 12 | 5.17 | 1.12 | 28.09 | 49.44 |
| (31-40) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | r/o | % mdn | C 4 | L 4 |
| Dawlat Z | 60 | 64 | 3 | 6.40 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 50.00 |
| Rashid K | 102 | 68 | 3 | 4.00 | 5.88 | 35.29 | 76.47 |
| Mujeeb R | 65 | 53 | 2 | 4.89 | 0.00 | 9.23 | 55.38 |
| Nabi | 72 | 60 | 2 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 41.67 |
| Naib | 37 | 46 | 0 | 7.46 | 0.00 | 16.22 | 16.22 |
| Shirzad | 18 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.33 |
| 4th Phase total | 384 | 326 | 10 | 5.09 | 1.56 | 25.00 | 53.13 |
| (41-50) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | r/o | % mdn | C 4 | L 4 |
| Naib | 58 | 93 | 6 | 9.62 | 0.00 | 10.34 | 10.34 |
| Dawlat Z | 42 | 93 | 3 | 13.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Aftab | 18 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rashid K | 91 | 127 | 1 | 8.37 | 0.00 | 6.59 | 26.37 |
| Shirzad | 13 | 23 | 1 | 10.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mujeeb R | 54 | 54 | 0 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 11.11 | 44.44 |
| 5th Phase total | 300 | 441 | 12 | 8.82 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 24.00 |
Partnerships Avg(Bat v Bowl) with no. century stands(in bracket)
Batting Partnerships – only 4 times they batted beyond 49th over. Suggesting they would get dismissed much early the stipulated overs!. With only 1 century stand, they were not able to put a decent score. The bright side of all their batting was – if there was a collapse, they would put on some partnership (30s) together.
Batting Partnerships against Afghanistan Always got a great start against Afghan bowlers.
| Batting | WC – Partnerships | v/s |
| 27.11 | 1st wkt | 47.56 (1) |
| 31.67 (1) | 2nd wkt | 69.33 (1) |
| 29.56 | 3rd wkt | 59.50 (1) |
| 22.11 | 4th wkt | 12.71 |
| 10.89 | 5th wkt | 40.83 (1) |
| 32.67 | 6th wkt | 18.17 |
| 18.22 | 7th wkt | 19.67 |
| 12.22 | 8th wkt | 6.75 |
| 10.67 | 9th wkt | 6.67 |
| 9.38 | 10th wkt | 2.00 |
All data updated at end of World Cup 2019
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