The T20 World Cup final is all set to kick off at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with England and Pakistan facing each other for the first time in a final after three decades. Here are some of the juicy stats ahead of the game.
Best Team Stats between England and Pakistan
- This will be the first World Cup final game between Pakistan and England after three decades
- Incidentally, Pakistan’s only World Cup success in the ODI format game against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
- England and Pakistan have met each other in the T20 World Cup on two occasions with England coming out successful in both meetings
- Pakistan have been more successful against England in the ODI World Cup matches with five wins from 10 games.
- Remarkably, Pakistan had beaten New Zealand before going on to win the 1992 ODI World Cup
- The biggest margin of victory for England in a T20 World Cup game against Pakistan was by six wickets in 2010 before going on to achieve success by 48 runs back in 2009.
- England have a sizeable 18-9 advantage over Pakistan in the head-to-head numbers
- England and Pakistan have already met each other in the T20 World Cup meetings with England having a 2-0 advantage
- This will be the first game between England and Pakistan in a T20I meeting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
- England’s highest total against Pakistan in a T20I game is 221 while the lowest total is 135
- Pakistan’s highest total against England in a T20I game is 232 fronts while their lowest total is just 89 runs
Best Stadium Stats between England and Pakistan
- The teams which are batting first tend to have a slight disadvantage at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with nine wins in 21 matches
- The Melbourne Cricket Ground has favoured teams which bowl first, as they have picked up 11 wins in the 21 games
- The average score in the first innings stands at 143
- The average score in the second innings stands at 127
Best Player Stats between England and Pakistan
- Babar Azam is the most successful batsman when it comes to matches against England for Pakistan. He has been able to hit 560 T20I runs against England
- Babar Azam came up with an impressive semi-final performance against New Zealand and he is looking to get his second century over England
- Babar Azam’s best outcome was a 110 not out back in September 2022 in just 66 balls
- Haris Rauf is the most successful wicket-taker for Pakistan in games against England with 14 wickets
- Alex Hales has been the most successful English batsman in this tournament with 211 runs
- Shadab Khan is the most prolific all-rounder for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022 with 78 runs and 10 wickets
- Mohammad Rizwan and Azam have the best opening partnership with 2509 runs in just 51 innings
- Shaheen Afridi is the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan so far in the tournament with 10 to his name
- Mohammad Rizwan has registered the most runs (160) for Pakistan in the World Cup so far
