The defending champions Australia comfortably beat New Zealand in their meeting on Saturday (29th June) day/night CWC match at Lord’s (London).
After electing to bat first, Australia managed 243/9 (50 overs). In reply, New Zealand batsmen surrendered against the Aussie bowlers as the Blackcaps were bundled out for just 157 runs (43.4 overs). Australia won this match by 86 runs.
Brief Scores: Australia – 243/9 in 50 overs (Usman Khawaja 88, Alex Carey 71; Trent Boult 4/51)
New Zealand – 157 in 43.4 overs (Kane Williamson 40, Ross Taylor 30; Mitchell Starc 5/26)
Result – Australia won by 86 runs
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
Australia
i) Australia won this match by 86 runs.
- It is the third largest victory (by runs) for Australia in their Cricket World Cup history in England.
New Zealand
i) New Zealand was bundled out for just 157 runs (43.4 overs).
- It is the third lowest completed total for New Zealand against Australia in Cricket World Cup history.
(Players’ stats)
David Warner
i) By the end of this match, Aussie opener David Warner has scored 13,014 runs in the international career.
- David Warner is the ninth Australian batsman to score 13,000 runs in international cricket.
Usman Khawaja
i) Australian left-handed batsman Usman Khawaja played an important knock of 88 runs.
- It is the second highest individual score by an Australian left-handed batsman against New Zealand in Cricket World Cup history. The record is 103 by Matthew Hayden at St. George’s on 20th April 2007.
Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey
i) Australian batsmen Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey put an incredible 107-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
- It is the highest CWC partnership for Australia for the sixth or lower wicket. The previous record was the 102 runs partnership between Steven Smith and Nathan Coulter-Nile for the seventh wicket against Windies at Nottingham on 6th June 2019.
Trent Boult
i) New Zealand left-arm pacer Trent Boult claimed a hat-trick.
- Trent Boult is the 11th bowler to claim a hat-trick in Cricket World Cup history.
- Trent Boult is the first New Zealand bowler to claim a CWC hat-trick.
- It was the second ODI hat-trick for Trent Boult. His first ODI hat-trick was against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi on 7th November 2018. Trent Boult becomes the fifth bowler to claim more than one ODI hat-trick. The other four bowlers are Wasim Akram (Pakistan), Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan), Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) and Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka). While Akram, Mushtaq and Vaas achieved two ODI hat-tricks, Malinga has achieved three ODI hat-tricks.
Kane Williamson
i) Playing his 139th ODI innings, Kane Williamson completed his 6.000 ODI runs and has scored 6,008 ODI runs.
- After Hashim Amla (South Africa) and Virat Kohli (India), Kane Williamson is the third fastest batsman to score 6.000 ODI runs. While Amla achieved this feat in 123 ODI innings, Kohli completed his 6,000 ODI runs in 136 ODI innings.
Ross Taylor
i) New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has scored 1,003 ODI runs against Australia.
- Ross Taylor is the fifth New Zealand batsman to score 1.000+ ODI runs against Australia. The other four New Zealand batsmen to achieve this feat was Stephen Fleming (1,241 runs), Brendon McCullum (1,122 runs), John Wright (1,109 runs) and Martin Crowe (1,096 runs).
Mitchell Starc
i) Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc had the bowling figures of 9.4-1-26-5.
- It is the second best bowling figures by an Australian bowler against New Zealand in Cricket World Cup history. The record is 9-0-28-6 by Mitchell Starc against New Zealand at Auckland on 28th February 2015.
ii) The left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc claimed his third five-wicket haul in Cricket World Cup.
- Mitchell Starc is the first bowler in CWC history to claim five-wicket hauls for more than twice.
iii) By the end of this match, Mitchell Starc has taken 24 wickets in the ongoing 2019 CWC.
- It is the second most wickets for a bowler in a CWC edition. The record is 26 wickets by Glenn McGrath (Australia) in 2007 CWC.