List of Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricket records

This is a list of Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricket records, that is record of team and individual performances in Twenty20 International cricket.

Afghanistan played their first Twenty20 International match against Ireland on 1 February 2010, and these records date from that match.

Listing criteria

In general the top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, in which case, all the tied record holders are noted).

Team records

Team wins & losses

Matches played (total)

Team	First match	Matches	Won	Lost	Tie+W	Tie+L	No Result	% Won
Afghanistan	1 February 2010	63	41	22	0	0	0	67.24
Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 24 February 2018

Matches played (by country)

Opposition	Matches	Won	Lost	Tie+W	Tie+L	NR	% Won
Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Canada	2	2	0	0	0	0	100.00
England	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00
Hong Kong	5	3	2	0	0	0	60.00
India	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00
Ireland	10	7	3	0	0	0	70.00
Kenya	3	2	1	0	0	0	66.67
Nepal	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Netherlands	4	2	2	0	0	0	50.00
Oman	5	5	0	0	0	0	100.00
Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Papua New Guinea	1	1	0	0	0	0	100.00
Scotland	6	6	0	0	0	0	100.00
South Africa	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00
Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
United Arab Emirates	6	5	1	0	0	0	83.33
West Indies	4	1	3	0	0	0	25.00
Zimbabwe	7	7	0	0	0	0	100.00
Updated: 10 May 2018[1]

Team scoring records

Highest innings totals

Score	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
233/8 (20.0 overs)	Ireland	Greater Noida	12 March 2017	Scorecard
215/6 (20.0 overs)	Zimbabwe	Sharjah	10 January 2016	Scorecard
210/6 (20.0 overs)	Scotland	Edinburgh	12 July 2015	Scorecard
191/5 (19.5 overs)	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 October 2015	Scorecard
189/5 (20.0 overs)	United Arab Emirates	ICCA-Dubai	18 December 2016	Scorecard
Updated: 26 June 2017[2]

Lowest innings totals

Score	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
72 (17.1 overs)	Bangladesh	Dhaka	16 March 2014	Scorecard
80 (17.2 overs)	England	Colombo	21 September 2012	Scorecard
80 (16.0 overs)	South Africa	Bridgetown	5 May 2010	Scorecard
90 (19.1 overs)	Netherlands	Sharjah	15 November 2013	Scorecard
93 (13.3 overs)	Netherlands	Basseterre	3 June 2017	Scorecard
Updated: 26 June 2017 Note: This list does not include innings scores where Afghanistan batted second and successfully reached a victory target in under 20 overs. Low totals in reduced overs matches are excluded unless the team was all out.[3]

Greatest win margins (by balls remaining)

Balls remaining	Target	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
73 balls	72 runs	Ireland	Dubai	20 January 2017	Scorecard
16 balls	165 runs	United Arab Emirates	Edinburgh	10 July 2015	Scorecard
15 balls	143 runs	Ireland	Dubai	13 February 2010	Scorecard
15 balls	140 runs	Scotland	Sharjah	4 March 2013	Scorecard
12 balls	154 runs	Hong Kong	Chittagong	18 March 2014	Scorecard
12 balls	117 runs	Hong Kong	Nagpur	10 March 2016	Scorecard
27 January 2017[4]

Greatest win margins (by runs)

Margin	Runs	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
106 runs	163 runs	Kenya	Sharjah	30 September 2013	Scorecard
81 runs	216 runs	Zimbabwe	Sharjah	10 January 2016	Scorecard
66 runs	179 runs	Hong Kong	Dhaka	22 February 2016	Scorecard
59 runs	187 runs	Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 March 2016	Scorecard
41 runs	175 runs	Canada	Dubai	18 March 2012	Scorecard
5 September 2016[5]

Narrowest win margins (by runs)

Margin	Target	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
5 runs	188 runs	Zimbabwe	Sharjah	8 January 2016	Scorecard
6 runs	124 runs	West Indies	Nagpur	27 March 2016	Scorecard
12 runs	161 runs	Oman	Abu Dhabi	30 November 2015	Scorecard
13 runs	140 runs	Ireland	Dubai	9 February 2010	Scorecard
14 runs	132 runs	Scotland	Abu Dhabi	10 February 2010	Scorecard
5 September 2016[6]

Individual records

Individual records (batting)

Highest individual score

Runs	Player	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
118*(67)	Mohammad Shahzad	Zimbabwe	Sharjah	10 January 2016	Scorecard
90(58)	Najeeb Tarakai	Ireland	Greater Noida	10 March 2017	Scorecard
89(30)	Mohammad Nabi	Ireland	Greater Noida	12 March 2017	Scorecard
80(60)	Mohammad Shahzad	Oman	Dubai	20 January 2017	Scorecard
77(57)	Mohammad Shahzad	Ireland	Dubai	24 March 2012	Scorecard
Last updated: 15 March 2017[7]

Most career runs

Runs	Player	Innings	Not Out	Average	Period
1779	Mohammad Shahzad	58	3	32.34	2010–present
876	Mohammad Nabi	53	7	19.04	2010–present
869	Asghar Stanikzai	44	4	21.72	2010–present
848	Samiullah Shenwari	49	9	21.20	2010–present
643	Najibullah Zadran	32	13	33.84	2010–present
Last updated: 12 September 2017[8]

Highest career strike rate

Qualification: 250 balls

Player	Innings	Runs	Balls faced	Strike Rate
Najibullah Zadran	24	570	377	151.19
Shafiqullah	27	360	253	142.29
Mohammad Shahzad	50	1436	1043	137.67
Mohammad Nabi	42	621	473	131.28
Gulbadin Naib	26	397	320	124.06
Last updated: 18 December 2016[9]

Highest career average

Qualification:300 runs

Player	Runs	Innings	Not Out	Average
Najibullah Zadran	484	22	6	30.25
Mohammad Shahzad	1367	48	2	29.71
Noor Ali Zadran	465	18	1	27.35
Asghar Stanikzai	693	32	2	23.10
samiullah Shenwari	643	38	8	21.43
Last updated: 11 September 2016[10]

Most career sixes

Player	Runs	Innings	Balls faced	Sixes
Mohammad Shahzad	1480	51	1073	56
Asghar Stanikzai	745	35	706	36
Najibullah Zadran	588	35	388	32
Mohammad Nabi	667	45	515	30
Samiullah Shenwari	694	41	569	23
Last updated: 20 December 2016[11]

Individual records (bowling)

Most career wickets

Player	Innings	Overs Bowled	Runs Conceded	Wickets
Mohammad Nabi	58	205.4	1487	59
Rashid Khan	27	102	603	42
Dawlat Zadran	33	120	953	39
Hamid Hassan	22	79.4	523	32
Shapoor Zadran	32	99.5	761	31
Last updated: 12 September 2017[12]

Best figures in an innings

Bowling figures	Player	Opponent	Venue	Date	Scorecard
3/5(2.0)	Rashid Khan	Ireland	Greater Noida	10 March 2017	Scorecard
13/5(4.0)	Samiullah Shenwari	Kenya	Sharjah	24 November 2013	Scorecard
10/4(4.0)	Mohammad Nabi	Ireland	Dubai	20 January 2017	Scorecard
14/4(4.0)	Samiullah Shenwari	Canada	ICCA Dubai	18 March 2012	Scorecard
17/4(4.0)	Mohammad Nabi	Hong Kong	Dhaka	22 February 2016	Scorecard
Last updated: 10 May 2017[13]

Best bowling averages

Player	Innings	Overs	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Average
Last updated: 12 September 2016[14]

Best economy rates

Player	Innings	Overs	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Economy Rate
Last updated: 12 September 2016[15]

Partnership Records

Highest partnerships (by runs)

Runs	Wicket	Players	Opponent	Venue	Date	Scorecard
110	2nd	Mohammad Shahzad, Asghar Stanikzai	Scotland	Edinburgh	12 July 2015	Scorecard
98	5th	Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi	Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 March 2016	Scorecard
95	1st	Mohammad Shahzad, Usman Ghani	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 October 2015	Scorecard
91	2nd	Mohammad Shahzad, Nawroz Mangal	Oman	Dubai	20 January 2017	Scorecard
82	2nd	Mohammad Shahzad, Asghar Stanikzai	Scotland	Nagpur	8 March 2016	Scorecard
Last updated: 15 March 2017 *Note: An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen were dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or they reached the required score). [17]

Highest partnerships (by wicket)

Partnership	Runs	Batsmen	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
1st wicket	95	Mohammad Shahzad & Usman Ghani	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Oct 2015	Scorecard
2nd wicket	110	Mohammad Shahzad & Asghar Stanikzai	Scotland	Edinburgh	12 Jul 2015	Scorecard
3rd wicket	79	Mohammad Shahzad & Asghar Stanikzai	Scotland	Sharjah	3 Mar 2013	Scorecard
Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 15 March 2017

Last updated: 15 March 2017 *Note: An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen were dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or they reached the required score). ^[18] |}

See also

• Afghanistan national cricket team
• List of Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
• List of Twenty20 International records

References

• Afghanistan Twenty20 International Records at ESPNcricinfo.com

External links