Ace Afghan spinner Rashid Khan was expected to do wonders in the ongoing World Cup 2019. But on Tuesday, he owned a bizarre bowling record which he would wish to overcome from as soon as possible.


The young Afghan leggie had a terrible outing at the Old Trafford against England as he was hammered for 110 runs in 9 overs. This spell turned out to be the most expensive spell in a World Cup match. It is also now the second most expensive in World Cup history.

Here are the 4 most expensive spells in World Cup history:

0/110 (9) Rashid Khan (AFG) v England (2019)

2/105 (12) Martin Snedden (NZ) v England (1983)

1/104 (10) Jason Holder (WI) v South Africa (2015)

2/101 (10) Dawlat Zadran (AFG) v Australia (2015)

Rashid's woeful figures also make him the joint second most expensive in ODI history. Pakistan's left-arm Wahab Riaz had leaked 110 runs in 10 overs against England in August 2016.

Rashid, who currently holds the 3rd rank in ICC ODI bowlers ranking, has been having a dry run on the English soil. He returned figures of 1 for 52 against Australia before picking up 2 for 17 against Sri Lanka. He went for 45 runs without picking up a wicket against South Africa.

Meanwhile, Eoin Morgan set the world record of smashing the most number of sixes – 17 – in an ODI innings.

Morgan, whose blizzard kept Jonny Bairstow's 90 and Joe Root's 88 in a shade, scored a century in sixes with 17 of them adding to 102 runs. Hot favourites and hosts England eventually piled up 397/6 in 50 overs after opting to bat first, with birthday boy Moeen Ali smashing a whirlwind 9-ball unbeaten 31 in the end.

He went past 200 sixes in ODIs and raced away to his 13th ODI hundred and his first in a World Cup. The team also finished with 25 sixes, the most by a team in an ODI innings. They broke the record registered by them in the game against West Indies in February 2019.