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Stats – The highest aggregate in a World Cup match

Australia become the first team to score 350-plus in three successive ODIs

Sampath Bandarupalli

28-Oct-2023

Travis Head and David Warner helped Australia pump 118 in the powerplay  •  Associated Press

771 – The match aggregate during the Australia-New Zealand match in Dharamsala. It is now the highest aggregate for a men’s ODI World Cup match, bettering the 754 during the South Africa-Sri Lanka game in Delhi earlier in this tournament.

383 for 9 – New Zealand’s total is the highest by any team in a chase at the ODI World Cup. It is also the highest total by any team against Australia at the World Cup, surpassing India’s 352 for 5 in 2019. Only once New Zealand have posted a higher total at the World Cup – 393 for 6 against West Indies in 2015.

32 – Sixes hit during the match – the second-most in a World Cup game, behind the 33 sixes between England and Afghanistan in Manchester in 2019.

77 – Balls Rachin Ravindra needed for his century, the fastest for New Zealand in the ODI World Cup, improving his own record of 82 balls against England in the opening match of this edition. It is also the fastest century against Australia at the World Cup; the previous fastest was off 82 balls by Clive Llyod in the 1975 final.

1 – Mitchell Starc went wicketless for the first time in his 24-match ODI World Cup career. His streak of taking at least one wicket in 23 matches is the best for any bowler.

20 – Sixes hit by Australia – the most by them in an ODI, surpassing the 19 they hit against India in 2013 and Pakistan in 2023, both in Bangalore. These are also the most sixes hit by any team against New Zealand in an ODI innings, surpassing the 19 by India earlier this year in Indore.

388 – Australia’s total is the highest by any team against New Zealand in ODI World Cup, surpassing their effort of 348 for 6 in 2007. It is also the third-highest total for any team against New Zealand in ODIs.

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3 – Number of consecutive 350-plus totals by Australia, following up their 367 for 9 against Pakistan and 399 for 8 against Netherlands. They are the first team to score 350-plus in three successive ODIs.

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59 – Number of balls Travis Head needed for his century, the fastest by an opening batter at the World Cup, betting Rohit Sharma’s 63-ball ton against Afghanistan earlier in this edition. It is also the fastest on World Cup debut, a record previously held by David Miller off 81 balls against Zimbabwe in 2015.

1 – Head’s 59-ball hundred is also the third-fastest by any batter against New Zealand in ODIs. Thisara Perera’s 57-ball century in 2019 is the fastest against them, while Jonny Bairstow took 58 balls in 2018. Today’s was the fastest against them in World Cups – the previous fastest-recorded century against New Zealand in the showpiece event was by Carlos Brathwaite – off 80 balls in the 2019 edition.

25 – Balls Head needed for his fifty, the fastest by a World Cup debutant. The previous fastest in the category was by Rilee Rossouw – 31 balls against West Indies in the 2015 edition. It is also the joint-second fastest fifty for Australia in the World Cup overall, behind Glenn Maxwell’s 21-ball effort against Afghanistan in 2015.

118 – Runs scored by Australia in the first ten overs, which is the second-most in this period by any team in an ODI World Cup game since 1999. The highest is 119 by West Indies, who scored those against Canada in 2003.

These are also the joint-third most runs in the first ten overs of an ODI innings overall and the highest for Australia (where ball-by-ball data is available). It is also the first time New Zealand conceded 100-plus runs inside the first ten overs of an ODI innings.

10 – Sixes hit by Australian batters in the first ten overs are the joint-most by any team in an ODI innings (where ball-by-ball data is available). West Indies also hit ten sixes in their first ten overs against England in 2019.

1 – Number of previous instances of both opening batters completing their fifties inside 30 balls in an ODI innings. Mitchell Marsh and Head needed 28 and 29 balls for their half-centuries against India earlier this year in Visakhapatnam, while it was 28 for Warner and 25 for Head today.

1 – Number of all-out totals in ODIs higher than Australia’s 388. The highest is 389 by West Indies against England in 2019, in pursuit of 419.

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Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo

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