STAT OF THE DAY

Published February 26, 2015

107 — runs scored by UAE pair of Shaiman Anwar and Amjad Javed for the seventh wicket against Ireland. This is the highest seventh-wicket partnership for any team in World Cup history. There has never previously been a 100-plus stand for the seventh wicket in World Cups, the highest being 98 by Ramnaresh Sarwan and Ridley Jacobs for West Indies against New Zealand on Feb 13, 2003.

Published in Dawn February 26th , 2015

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