Trivia
Trivia of March 4
Misbah-ul-Haq, at 40, and Tauqir Ahmed, at 43, are the oldest captains in the tournament. UAE have only played Pakistan twice before, in 1994 and 1996. Both were nine-wicket wins for Pakistan. Shahid Afridi is two away from 8000 ODI runs. Assuming he gets to the mark in the next ODI, his batting average around 23.52 will be comfortably the lowest for any batsman to have hit the 8000 mark. His strike rate of around 116, however, will easily be the highest.
World Cup-winning benchwarmers
Five players -- Malcolm Marshall, Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin, Collis King, Larry Gomes -- who didn't get a game in their teams' winning campaigns in the World Cups
Trivia of March 4
Misbah-ul-Haq, at 40, and Tauqir Ahmed, at 43, are the oldest captains in the tournament. UAE have only played Pakistan twice before, in 1994 and 1996. Both were nine-wicket wins for Pakistan. Shahid Afridi is two away from 8000 ODI runs. Assuming he gets to the mark in the next ODI, his batting average around 23.52 will be comfortably the lowest for any batsman to have hit the 8000 mark. His strike rate of around 116, however, will easily be the highest.
World Cup-winning benchwarmers
Five players -- Malcolm Marshall, Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin, Collis King, Larry Gomes -- who didn't get a game in their teams' winning campaigns in the World Cups