Australia, the five-time champions have really been woken up from their slumber in the continued ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and the final sport towards the Netherlands confirmed their full may with each bat and ball. Some may debate that it was towards a weaker opposition, then Australia selected to placed on a record-breaking opening stand driving on the carnage attributable to David Warner and Travis Head in the powerplay towards New Zealand on Saturday, October 28 in Dharamsala.
New Zealand skipper Tom Latham determined to bowl first and Australia gave their trans-Tasman rivals a pasting, a correct belt remedy with the bat. Australia raced to 50 in simply 4.1 overs with each Head and Warner going nice weapons. Head, in specific, who was taking part in his first sport in greater than a month after recovering from a hand harm and it did not seem like he was away from the sport. Both the openers have been extreme on Matt Henry, who gave away 44 runs in three overs.
They stored going and introduced the staff’s hundred in simply the ninth over earlier than ending the powerplay on a score of 118. This was the second highest score in the primary 10 overs in an innings in World Cup historical past after West Indies’ 119-run blast towards Canada 20 years in the past and joint-third highest in ODI cricket historical past, equalling New Zealand’s 118-run score in the powerplay towards Sri Lanka in 2015.
Highest staff scores after first 10 overs in ODI World Cup historical pastÂ
119/1 – West Indies vs Canada (Centurion, 2003)
118/0 – Australia vs New Zealand (Dharamsala, 2023)
116/2 – New Zealand vs England (Wellington, 2015)
94/0 – India vs Afghanistan (Delhi, 2023)
94/0 – South Africa vs Sri Lanka (Delhi, 2023)
Highest staff scores after first 10 overs in an ODI
133/0 – Sri Lanka vs England (Leeds, 2006)
119/1 – West Indies vs Canada (Centurion, 2003 WC)
118/0 – Australia vs New Zealand (Dharamsala, 2023 WC)
118/0 – New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (Christchurch, 2015)
116/2 – New Zealand vs England (Wellington, 2015 WC)
The Australian opening duo stored batting in the identical vein even after the powerplay as a 400-plus whole regarded imminent earlier than Glenn Phillips acquired each of them out. While Warner missed out on his third consecutive ODI century by 19 runs, Head reached the three-figure mark on his World Cup debut however acquired out quickly after on 109. Head 10 fours and 7 6s in his 67-ball knock as Australia eye the magical 400-run score.
