Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh): The Australia and New Zealand encounter registered the highest run aggregate in an ODI World Cup match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday.
Australia registered their third-highest total in a World Cup match after posting a mammoth 388 on the board in their allotted 50 overs. David Warner’s 81 off 65 and Travis Head’s blistering 59-ball century on his World Cup debut set the Aussies up for a record third consecutive 350-plus score.
In reply to 389 run chase, Rachin Ravindra’s swashbuckling 89-ball 116 and then a lower-order charge from Jimmy Neesham took the Kiwis closer to the target but they fell short by just five runs. The match eventually aggregated a gigantic 771 runs. Interestingly, it is the only third instance in the history of the World Cup when teams combined scored an aggregate of 700+ runs.
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An all-time classic in Dharamsala 😲
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✅ Most runs ever in a CWC match!
✅ Another century for Ravindra!
✅ Head hits terrific ton on return!
Read the full report as Australia beat New Zealand by just five runs ⬇️#CWC23 #AUSvNZhttps://t.co/r6ivoZsw6A
">An all-time classic in Dharamsala 😲
— ICC (@ICC) October 28, 2023
✅ Most runs ever in a CWC match!
✅ Another century for Ravindra!
✅ Head hits terrific ton on return!
Read the full report as Australia beat New Zealand by just five runs ⬇️#CWC23 #AUSvNZhttps://t.co/r6ivoZsw6AAn all-time classic in Dharamsala 😲
— ICC (@ICC) October 28, 2023
✅ Most runs ever in a CWC match!
✅ Another century for Ravindra!
✅ Head hits terrific ton on return!
Read the full report as Australia beat New Zealand by just five runs ⬇️#CWC23 #AUSvNZhttps://t.co/r6ivoZsw6A
The previous best of 754 runs aggregate came from a South Africa-Sri Lanka clash in New Delhi earlier in the same edition. In the 2019 World Cup, Australia and Bangladesh scored a combined 714 runs, the only other match with a 700-plus aggregate in ODI World Cup history.
Earlier in the tournament, rampaging South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 102 runs after posting the highest innings total in the history of the tournament of 428-5. South African batter Aiden Markram (106) made history by smashing the second-fastest World Cup century in just 49 balls. Rassie van der Dussen (108) and Quinton de Kock (100) also hit centuries as the South African took a listless Sri Lankan attack to task. In reply, Sri Lanka gave a tough fight before being bundled out for 326 with Charith Asalanka (79), Kusal Mendis (76) and skipper Dasun Shanaka (68) rescuing a little pride.
Most runs scored in a World Cup match
771 - Australia vs New Zealand, Dharamsala - 2023
754 - South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Delhi - 2023
714 - Australia vs Bangladesh, Nottingham - 2019
688 - Australia vs Sri Lanka, Sydney - 2015
682 - England vs Pakistan, Nottingham - 2019
676 - India vs England, Bengaluru - 2011
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