David Warner equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of six World Cup hundreds, while Glenn Maxwell registered the fastest one in the competition’s history to set up Australia’s thumping 309-run win against the Netherlands in Delhi on Wednesday, October 25.
A look at all the numbers from the record-breaking Match 24 of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
600– Australia also become the first team to register 600 wins in ODIs. They have lost 348 of the 991 matches they have played in till date, making for a healthy win-loss ratio of 1.724, which is bettered only by South Africa (1.757) currently. India (552 wins from 1046 ODIs) and Pakistan (510 from 966) are the only two other teams with 500-plus wins in the format.
72 – runs scored by Glenn Maxwell (off 24 balls) is the third most for a batter in the last five-overs of an ODI innings, and the second highest in World Cups (where ball-by-ball data available). UAE’s Asif Khan smashed 79 off 20 in this phase against Nepal in Kirtipur earlier this year, while AB de Villiers struck 73 off 20 during his stroke-filled 162* against the West Indies in a 2015 World Cup encounter in Sydney.
115 – runs conceded by Bas de Leede is the most for anyone in ODIs. The record was previously jointly held by Australia’s Mick Lewis and Adam Zampa, who’d returned 0/113 in their respective 10-over spells against South Africa in Johannesburg 2006 and Centurion 2023. The previous World Cup record belonged to Rashid Khan – 0/110 in nine overs – against England at Old Trafford in 2019.
6– David Warner registered his sixth World Cup hundred, the most for Australia, surpassing Ricky Ponting’s tally of 5. Warner has now levelled with Sachin Tendulkar at the second spot, with Rohit Sharma currently leading the charts with seven World Cup tons.
4 – Warner, who shattered several records during his previous outing against Pakistan in Bengaluru last week, became the fourth Australian with two (or more) consecutive hundreds, joining Mark Waugh (1996), Ricky Ponting (2003-2007) and Matthew Hayden (2007).
2– It was the second time that two Australia batters registered hundreds in the same World Cup innings – Warner and Maxwell – the former also featuring in the first, alongside Mitchell Marsh, against Pakistan in Bengaluru last week.
399/8 – scored by Australia today was their second highest total in World Cups, only behind their 417/6 against Afghanistan in Perth in 2015. It was also the highest against Netherlands in the competition surpassing Australia’s 358/5 at Basseterre in 2007.
8 — 350-plus scores registered by Australia in World Cups, a joint record alongside South Africa, who have already done that thrice in the ongoing edition, including in their last two outings against England and Bangladesh respectively. No other team has more than four 350-plus totals in World Cups as of now.
57 – boundaries hit by Australia today (42 fours and 15 sixes) is the joint second highest boundary count in a World Cup innings, alongside Sri Lanka’s (43 fours and 14 sixes) against Kenya in Kandy in 1996. The overall record belongs to South Africa, who smashed 45 hits to the fence and 14 over it (total 59) against Sri Lanka in their first outing of the ongoing edition.
Most boundaries in a World Cup innings
59 – SA vs SL, Delhi, 2023
57 – AUS vs NED, Delhi, 2023
57 – SL vs KEN, Kandy, 1996
54 – NZ vs WI, Wellington, 2015
14.37 – The partnership run-rate of 14.37 between Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins made it the third fastest century stand in all World Cups in terms of the scoring rate. It was also the highest partnership for the seventh wicket or below for Australia in the competition, surpassing the 102 added by Steven Smith and Nathan Coulter Nile against West Indies at Trent Bridge in 2019.
3 – Adam Zampa, who had bagged 4/47 and 4/53 in his last two outings against Sri Lanka and Pakistan respectively, backed it up with a miserly 4/8 from three overs against Netherlands, becoming only the third bowler to bag at least four wickets in three (or more) consecutive World Cup outings, after Shahid Afridi (2011) and Mohammed Shami (2019). Zampa also became the second Australian to bag three consecutive five-fors in ODIs, after Shane Warne, who had achieved the feat during the 1996-97 home tri-series featuring Pakistan and the West Indies.
