ICC T20 World Cup 2021, semi-final 2, Australia vs Pakistan: Statistical preview

Nov 10, 2021

ICC T20 World Cup 2021, semi-final 2, Australia vs Pakistan: Statistical preview Image

1 wicket needed by Mitchell Starc (22) to go past Shane Watson (22) and become the leading wicket-taker for Australia in the T20 World Cup.

1.761 win/loss ratio of Pakistan (111 wins, 63 defeats), the third-best among sides with a 50-match cut-off. Australia has 1.115 (77 wins, 69 defeats).

3 semi-final appearances for Australia in the T20 World Cup, in 2007 (lost to India), 2010 (beat Pakistan), and 2012 (lost to West Indies).

4 semi-final appearances for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, in 2007 (beat New Zealand), 2009 (beat South Africa), 2010 (lost to Australia), and 2012 (lost to Sri Lanka).

4 catches needed by David Warner (46) to become the fourth non-wicketkeeper to reach 50 dismissals. David Miller (69), Martin Guptill (62), and Malik (50) are the only ones to have done this.

6 matches between Australia and Pakistan at the T20 World Cup. Australia won twice in 2009 (Gros Islet, including once in the semi-final) and then in 2016 (Mohali), while Pakistan won in 2007 (Johannesburg), 2012 (Premadasa), and 2014 (Mirpur).

6 runs needed by Babar Azam (264) to go past Jos Buttler (269) and become the leading run-scorer in T20 World Cup 2021. Mohammad Rizwan is at sixth place, with 214. Warner (187), Australia's leading run-scorer, is ninth.

6 wickets needed by Adam Zampa (11) to go past Wanindu Hasaranga (16) and become the leading wicket-taker in T20 World Cup 2021. Haris Rauf (8), Pakistan's leading run-scorer, is joint eighth.

23 matches between Australia and Pakistan, of which Australia have won 9 and Pakistan 12.

32 runs needed by Babar (2,468), 48 by Warner (2,452), and 66 by Shoaib Malik to reach 2,500 runs. Only Virat Kohli (3,227), Guptill (3,119), Rohit Sharma (3,038), Aaron Finch (2,603), and Mohammad Hafeez (2,570) have done this.

48 runs needed by David Warner (2,452) to become the second Australian, after Aaron Finch (2,603), and seventh overall, to reach 2,500 runs.