Afghanistan's frugal bowlers, prolific batsmen

5-3 Afghanistan's win-loss record against Scotland in ODIs. Afghanistan have won three out of the last four clashes.

4.63 Economy rate of Afghanistan's bowlers since 2013, the best for any non-Test nation (minimum five ODIs). Scotland's bowlers have conceded at 5.09 runs per over in this period.

29 Number of 50-plus scores by Afghanistan's batsmen since 2013 (26 fifties and three hundreds), the most for batsmen from any non-Test nation. Scotland are next with 24 fifty-plus scores, including six centuries. Batsmen from no other non-Test nation have scored more than three hundreds in this period.

1.14 Afghanistan's win-loss ratio in ODIs prior to this World Cup, the best for any non-Test nation. They have 24 wins and 21 losses. Ireland are next-best with a ratio of 1.0 (41 wins and 41 losses). Scotland have lost far more ODIs than they have won (26 wins, 44 losses) with a win-loss ratio of 0.59.

3 Number of Afghanistan batsmen who have scored 500-plus runs since 2013. No other non-Test nation has more than two batsmen scoring over 500 runs. Afghanistan's Samiullah Shenwari is the highest run-scorer among them (722 runs).

24 Number of ODIs played by Afghanistan since 2013, the most for any non-Test nation. Scotland have played 21, the next highest.

2 Number of ODI centuries scored by Nawroz Mangal since 2013, the most by any Afghanistan batsman in this period. Usman Ghani is the only other Afghanistan batsman to score even one century in this period. Mangal's batting average of 46.41 is also the best for any Afghan batsman during this period.

21.2 Josh Davey's bowling strike rate since 2013, the best for any Scotland bowler. He is one of only two Scotland bowlers to pick up a five-wicket haul in this period, with the other being Majid Haq.