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Hundreds from David Warner and Mitchell Marsh led Australia’s attack against Pakistan in a World Cup clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. The duo led from the start as Australia scored a massive 367 runs from nine wickets against a lacklustre Pakistan.
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Warner struck his 21st ODI hundred, a 124-ball 163, and Marsh his second, a 108-ball 121, with the duo putting together 259 runs for the opening wicket in 203 balls and all but put the game past Pakistan.
Shaheen Shah Afridi took five wickets but it was an otherwise timid display from rest of the Pakistan bowling.
Warner, dropped on 10 and 105, made things count partnering Marsh and registered multiple records in the process.
Records broken during Australia’s batting:
# It is the fourth instance of both openers scoring centuries in a World Cup game and the first for Australia
# The stand of 259 between Warner and Marsh is the second-highest opening partnership in the competition’s history, and the best for Australia
# It is Warner’s fourth consecutive ODI ton against Pakistan and the joint most by any player against a side in the format, equalling Virat Kohli (4 vs West Indies)
# It is also Warner’s fifth hundred in the World Cup, equalling the most by an Australian, alongside Ricky Ponting
# Marsh has become the sixth player to smash an ODI century on his birthday, besides being the first Aussie to do so. He is also the second birthday boy to strike a World Cup ton after Ross Taylor
# With Warner and Marsh’s 200-plus partnership in the game, Australia have tied India for most such stands in the World Cup history (five occasions each)
Most runs conceded on World Cup debut for Pakistan:
1/82 (9 overs)- Usama Mir vs AUS, Bengaluru, 2023
2/70 (10 overs) – Shaheen Afridi vs AUS, Taunton, 2019
2/63 (10 overs) – Shadab Khan vs ENG, Nottingham, 2019
1/63 (12 overs) – Sarfaraz Nawaz vs AUS, Leeds, 1975
Highest totals for Australia in World Cups:
417/6 vs AFG, Perth, 2015
381/5 vs BAN, Nottingham, 2019
377/6 vs SA, Basseterre, 2007
376/9 vs SL, Sydney, 2015
367/9 vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023
# Highest total against Pakistan in a World Cup – 367/9 today, surpassing the previous highest of 344/9 in Hyderabad during this tournament itself
Most sixes in a World Cup innings
25 – England vs Afghanistan, Manchester, 2019
19 – West Indies vs Zimbabwe, Canberra, 2015
19 – Australia vs Pakistan, Bengaluru, 2023
18 – South Africa vs Netherlands, Basseterre, 2007
18 – India vs Bermuda, Port of Spain, 2007
Most sixes in a World Cup innings
17 – Eoin Morgan (ENG) vs AFG, Manchester, 2019
16 – Chris Gayle (WI) vs ZIM, Canberra, 2015
11 – Martin Guptill (NZ) vs WI, Wellington, 2015
9 – David Miller (SA) vs ZIM, Hamilton, 2015
9 – David Warner (AUS) vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023
9 – Mitchell Marsh (AUS) vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023
Highest individual scores for Australia in World Cups
178 – David Warner vs AFG, Perth, 2015
166 – David Warner vs BAN, Nottingham, 2019
163 – David Warner vs Pakistan, Bengaluru, 2023
158 – Matthew Hayden vs WI, North Sound, 2007
153 – Aaron Finch vs SL, The Oval, 2019
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