ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (Match 32): England vs Australia – Stats Preview
Jun 25, 2019 at 1:59 PM
On Tuesday (25th June), the host side England and the defending champions Australia will face each other at Lord’s (London) in the match 32 of the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
Both England and Australia have played six matches in this tournament. Australia has won five matches in this tournament and has earned 10 points. On the other hand, England has earned eight points in this edition after winning four matches.
Ahead of this high-profile game between England and Australia, let’s look at some crucial stats preview of this match.
Venue stats (Lord’s, London)
Important ODI stats
Stats | Overall | England | Australia |
Highest total | 334/4 (60 overs) by England against India on 7th June 1975 | 334/4 (60 overs) against India on 7th June 1975 | 309/7 (49 overs) against England on 5th September 2015 |
Lowest completed total | 107 (32.1 overs) by South Africa against England on 12th July 2003 | 153 (31.1 overs) against South Africa on 29th May 2017 | 159/9 (60 overs) against England on 9th June 1979 |
Highest score | 138* by Sir Viv Richards (West Indies) against England on 23rd June 1979 | 137 by Dennis Amiss (against India on 7th June 1975) and Marcus Trescothick (against Pakistan on 12th June 2001) | 114* by Graeme Wood against England on 3rd June 1985 |
Best bowling | 5/30 by Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) against West Indies on 10th July 2004 | 5/44 by Darren Gough against Australia on 25th May 1997 | 5/41 by Brett Lee against England on 10th July 2005 |
Venue’s ODI history in the first and second batting
Overall |
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Stats | Total | 1st batting | 2nd batting |
Wins | 59 | 27 | 32 |
Innings average* (Average run-rate)* | 228.96 (4.73) | 239.98 (4.76) | 217.93 (4.69) |
In last 10 completed ODIs |
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Stats | Total | 1st batting | 2nd batting |
Wins | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Innings average* (Average run-rate)* | 254.45 (5.42) | 269 (5.60) | 239.90 (5.23) |
(Special Note: in Innings average and Average run-rate, only incomplete innings have been excluded. Included all the completed innings and target reached)
(Special Note: Overall – In addition, two more ODIs had the tie results at this venue; In last 10 completed ODIs – In addition, one had the tie result at this venue)
Teams stats
Teams’ ODI records at Lord’s (London)
Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied/No Result |
England | 53 | 24 | 26 | 2/1 |
Australia | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1/0 |
England vs Australia
Stats | Total ODIs | England Won | Australia Won | Tied/No Result |
Overall | 147 | 61 | 81 | 2/3 |
In England | 68 | 34 | 30 | 2/2 |
At Lord’s (London) | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1/0 |
In the World Cup | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0/0 |
In last 10 ODIs | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0/0 |
- Since March 1992, England has never beaten Australia in a Cricket World Cup match. In their last three CWC meetings, Australia won all those matches.
Players’ stats
England
i) Joe Root (13,302 runs) needs to score 30 more runs to become the third most international run-scorer as an England batsman. At present, only Alastair Cook (15,737 runs), Kevin Pietersen (13,779 runs) and Ian Bell (13,331 runs) are ahead of Root in this list.
ii) Jos Buttler (901 runs) is 99 runs away to become the fourth English batsman to score 1,000 ODI runs against Australia.
iii) Eoin Morgan (3,949 runs) is 51 runs away to become the first England ODI captain to score 4,000 runs.
iv) Leg-spinner Adil Rashid (35 wickets) needs to take four more wickets to become the most ODI wicket-taker for England against Australia. At present, he is the joint second most wicket-taker in this list along with Ian Botham (35 wickets). Only James Anderson is ahead of them in this list with 38 ODI wickets against Australia.
v) Jofra Archer (15 wickets) needs to pick up two more wickets in this CWC edition to become the most wicket-taker as an England bowler in an edition of the Cricket World Cup. Only Ian Botham is ahead of Archer with 16 wickets during the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
Australia
i) David Warner (12,945 runs) is 55 runs away to complete his 13,000 international runs. He will be the ninth Australian batsman to score 13,000 international runs.
ii) Marcus Stoinis (999 runs) is one run away to complete his 1,000 ODI runs.
iii) Aaron Finch (396 runs) needs to score three more runs to become the second most run-scorer as an Australian captain in Cricket World Cup history. While he will surpass Steve Waugh (398 runs) in this list, only Ricky Ponting will remain ahead of Finch with 1,160 CWC runs.