David Warner; Australia VS New Zealand World Cup 2023 Live Score Updates; Glenn Maxwell | Adam Zampa New Zealand could score only 383 runs for 9 wickets, only 5 runs were scored in the last 4 balls.

Opener Travis Head (109 runs) scored a century. He scored a century in the debut match of the World Cup. Head, along with David Warner (81 runs), gave an explosive start to the team.

In the World Cup, Australia defeated New Zealand by 5 runs in a thrilling match. In the match played on Saturday in Dharamshala, Australia chose to bat and set a target of 389 runs. Travis Head scored a century and Warner played an inning of 81 runs.

New Zealand, chasing the target, also played well. Rachin Ravindra scored a century and Jimmy Neesham played an inning of 58 runs in the lower order. New Zealand’s victory seemed possible in the last over, but Australia won the match with excellent fielding.

Scorecard of Australia-New Zealand match

Last over and 19 runs to win… every ball full of thrill

First ball: Mitchell Starc brought the last over. Trent Boult was in front, he took one run. to win 18 runs left.

Second ball: Starc attempted a yorker and bowled it wide on the leg stump, but keeper Josh Inglis could not catch the ball properly. 13 runs left to win. Starc bowled a full length ball on the middle-leg wicket and Neesham took 2 runs. 11 runs left to win.

Third ball: Full length ball bowled on off stump. Neesham played a straight shot, which Maxwell converted into 2 runs while fielding brilliantly. to win 9 runs left.

Fourth ball: Starc bowled the ball in the slot to Neesham, Neesham played it with full force at mid-wicket. Labuschagne did brilliant fielding and converted a four into 2 runs. to win 7 runs left.

Fifth ball: Starc bowled a fast full toss on the leg stumps. Neesham tried his best but the timing was not perfect. Neesham was out while trying to take 2 runs. to win 6 runs left.

Sixth ball: Starc bowled a full length ball on the off stump, on which Lockie Ferguson played the shot with full force. The ball went into the fielder’s hand and New Zealand lost by 5 runs.

Australia turned the match due to fielding
Due to low over rate, only 4 fielders instead of 5 were outside the circle in the last over. At the beginning of Starc’s over, a four i.e. 5 runs came on the wide. 13 runs were needed from 5 balls and Neesham, who was batting brilliantly, was on strike.

The shots played by Neesham on the third and fourth balls would have crossed certain boundaries, but Maxwell and Labuschagne did excellent fielding and where there should have been 8 runs, New Zealand got only 4. Labuschagne also fielded well on the ball on which Neesham was run out. Thanks to this fielding, Australia sealed its victory.

Rachin scored second century, equaled Sachin
Rachin Ravindra played an inning of 116 runs on 89 balls against Australia. This is the second century of his ODI career. Both centuries came in the World Cup. Rachin became the second batsman in the world to score two centuries under the age of 24 in the World Cup. Before him, only Sachin Tendulkar could do this.

Before the match, New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra said- ‘He often comes to India to improve his game. While talking to Star Sports, he said that Indian conditions have helped him a lot in batting against spin. Father is a big fan of cricket. It was after seeing him that Rachin started playing cricket. In the beginning he used to play cricket with tennis balls.

Kiwi openers returned to the pavilion in powerplay, brilliant catch by Starc
New Zealand’s openers made a fast start to chase the target of 389 runs. The pair of Devon Conway and Will Young scored 21 runs in the first over of Josh Hazlewood, however, by the end of the power play, Hazlewood showed both of them the way to the pavilion. The Kiwi team scored 73 runs for two wickets in 10 overs.

Earlier, the Kiwi opener adopted an aggressive approach. The pair scored runs at a run rate of 8.5 in the first 7 overs. Here the team’s score was 60/0 runs, but in the next 3 overs, the New Zealand team lost the wickets of the openers while scoring 13 runs. Mitchell Starc took both the catches on Josh’s ball. Conway was out after scoring 28 runs and Will Young after scoring 32 runs.

This is how New Zealand’s wickets fell

Australian innings from here…

Kangaroo all out on 388, scored 350+ maximum 9 times in World Cup
New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Australia was all out for 388 runs in 49.2 overs.

This is the 7th time in this World Cup that a score of more than 350 runs has been made. South Africa and Australia have achieved this feat 3-3 times and England once. In the overall record, Australia has scored 350+ for the 9th time. South Africa has scored 8 times and India has scored 350+ 4 times.

Australia’s Travis Head scored a century. He played an inning of 109 runs. Apart from him, David Warner played an inning of 81 runs. Glenn Phillips and Trent Boult took three wickets each for New Zealand. Mitchell Santner took two wickets. Whereas James Neesham and Matt Henry got one wicket each.

Head’s first century of the tournament and fourth century of his career.
Travis Head was out after scoring a century. He played an inning of 109 runs. Head scored a century in 59 balls, which is the third fastest century in this World Cup. Before this, Glenn Maxwell and Aiden Markram are at first and second position with 40 balls and 49 balls. This is Head’s first ODI World Cup century and fourth century of his career.

Warner-head’s century partnership
Century partnership was formed between David Warner and Travis Head. Both added 175 runs for the first wicket. This partnership broke with the wicket of Warner. Warner became the victim of Phillips.

Warner was out after scoring a half-century
Australia’s opener David Warner was out after scoring a half-century against New Zealand. He became the victim of Glenn Phillips after scoring 81 runs. Warner completed his half-century in 28 balls. This was his first fifty in the current season of the tournament. He also has two centuries to his name this season. This is his 32nd half century of ODI career.

Powerplay-1: Australia’s great start
Australia’s batsmen created pressure from the initial overs. He gave Australia a fast start in the powerplay. Australia scored 118 runs without any loss in the powerplay.

Australia’s wickets fell like this

One change each in both teams
A change occurred in New Zealand. Mark Chapman sat out due to calf injury. James Neesham was included in the team in his place. There was a change in the Australian team also. Travis Head was given a chance in place of Cameron Green.

Playing 11 of both teams

Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.

New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain and wicketkeeper), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson and Trent Boult.