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DHARAMSALA: Travis Head\u2019s rapid hundred trumped Rachin Rav\u00adindra\u2019s gallant 116 as five-time champions Australia survived late drama against New Zealand before winning the highest-scoring match in World Cup history by just five runs to close in on a semi-final spot on Saturday. <\/p>\n
Head smashed 109 in his first match of the World Cup and forged a breakneck 175-run opening stand with David Warner (81) to propel Australia to a commanding 388 all out at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium. <\/p>\n
Ravindra led New Zealand\u2019s spirited reply with his second hundred of the tournament, Daryl Mitchell adding 54 and Jimmy Neesham supplying late fireworks with a 33-ball fifty before the 2019 runners-up finished on 383-9 in 50 overs. <\/p>\n
With a total of 771 runs, it was the highest scoring game at a World Cup, beating the 754 scored in South Africa\u2019s win against Sri Lanka earlier in the tournament. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat was awesome,\u201d Australia captain Pat Cummins said after their fourth win in six matches. \u201cSome\u00adtimes I have to remember I\u2019m out in the field, not a spectator. A fantastic game, they kept coming at us.\u201d <\/p>\n
In a dramatic final over played out in the shadow of the Himalayas, New Zealand needed 19 to win. <\/p>\n
Trent Boult scampered for a single before Mitchell Starc donated five wides down the leg side. <\/p>\n
Neesham, one of the stars of the 2019 final which New Zealand lost to England, then took six runs off the next three balls. <\/p>\n
However, attempting another two, he was run out from a fine throw by Marnus Labuschagne from the fence. <\/p>\n
That left Lockie Ferguson, who had injured his Achilles in the field, needing to perform the heroics off the last ball. <\/p>\n
Starc fired the ball in on a full length and Ferguson could only drill it straight to the cover fielder instead, leaving the Kiwis heartbroken. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a fantastic game of cricket. There were ebbs and flows throughout the 100 overs,\u201d said New Zealand captain Tom Latham. \u201cObviously to get so close hurts.\u201d <\/p>\n
The result left both sides with four wins and two defeats each and well-placed for the semi-finals. <\/p>\n
Head had missed Australia\u2019s first five matches with a fractured hand and he looked determined to make up for the lost time, racing to a 25-ball fifty as he and Warner took Australia to the 150-mark in the 15th over. <\/p>\n
Glenn Phillips broke the burgeoning stand by taking a return catch to dismiss Warner, but Head raced to a 59-ball century. <\/p>\n
Phillips came to New Zealand\u2019s rescue again breaching Head\u2019s defe\u00adnce with a skidding delivery to end the batter\u2019s 67-ball blitz, which was studded with seven sixes and 10 fours. <\/p>\n
Phillips then accounted for Steve Smith (18) as he claimed career-best figures of 3-37 before fellow spinner Mitchell Santner got in on the act. <\/p>\n
Santner beat the defences of Mitchell Marsh (36) and the left-armer then dismissed Marnus Labuschagne (18) after the batsman had been dropped on one. <\/p>\n
Neesham had middle-order dangerman Glenn Maxwell caught at long-off by Trent Boult for a 24-ball 41. Maxwell had come into the match fresh from a World Cup record 40-ball hundred against the Netherlands. <\/p>\n
Josh Inglis raced to a 28-ball 38 and skipper Cummins clobbered four sixes in his 37 off 14 balls before Australia collapsed with four balls left in their innings. <\/p>\n
New Zealand were uncharacteristically sloppy in the field, dropping five catches, with Head the beneficiary on two occasions. <\/p>\n
In reply, New Zealand, runners-up in the last two World Cups, saw Will Young (32) and Devon Conway (28) put on 61 for the first wicket before both fell to Josh Hazlewood.<\/p>\n
Mitchell hit his third fifty of the tournament to follow his 130 last time out against India but fell on 54 when leg-spinner Adam Zampa had him holing out to long-on with his team on 168-3 after 24 overs. <\/p>\n
Mitchell put on 96 for the third wicket with Ravindra. <\/p>\n
The 23-year-old Ravindra, who sco\u00adred 123 in the opening win over Eng\u00adland, reached three figures from 77 balls with seven fours and five sixes. <\/p>\n
But with New Zealand needing 97 to win off 60 balls, Ravindra was caught in the deep off Cummins. <\/p>\n
That left the Kiwis on 293-6 but Neesham injected fresh drama into the contest with a never-say-die 58 even though New Zealand ended just short of their target.<\/p>\n
Scoreboards<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia v New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n AUSTRALIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n D. Warner c & b Phillips 81<\/p>\n T. Head b Phillips 109<\/p>\n M. Marsh b Santner 36<\/p>\n S. Smith c Boult b Phillips 18<\/p>\n M. Labuschagne c Ravindra b Santner 18<\/p>\n G. Maxwell c Boult b Neesham 41<\/p>\n J. Inglis c Phillips b Boult 38<\/p>\n P. Cummins lbw b Boult 37<\/p>\n M. Starc c Neesham b Henry 1<\/p>\n A. Zampa b Boult 0<\/p>\n J. Hazlewood not out 0<\/p>\n EXTRAS (B-1, NB-2, W-6) 9<\/p>\n TOTAL (all out, 49.2 overs) 388<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-175 (Warner), 2-200 (Head), 3-228 (Smith), 4-264 (Marsh), 5-274 (Labuschagne), 6-325 (Maxwell), 7-387 (Inglis), 8-388 (Cummins), 9-388 (Zampa)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Henry 6.2-0-67-1 (2w, 2nb); Boult 10-0-77-3 (3w); Ferguson 3-0-38-0; Santner 10-0-80-2 (1w); Phillips 10-0-37-3; Ravindra 8-0-56-0; Neesham 2-0-32-1<\/p>\n NEW ZEALAND:<\/strong><\/p>\n D. Conway c Starc b Hazlewood 28<\/p>\n W. Young c Starc b Hazlewood 32<\/p>\n R. Ravindra c Labuschagne b Cummins 116<\/p>\n D. Mitchell c Starc b Zampa 54<\/p>\n T. Latham c Hazlewood b Zampa 21<\/p>\n G. Phillips c Labuschagne b Maxwell 12<\/p>\n J. Neesham run out (Labuschagne\/Inglis) 58<\/p>\n M. Santner c Maxwell b Zampa 17<\/p>\n M. Henry c Hazlewood b Cummins 9<\/p>\n T. Boult not out 10<\/p>\n L. Ferguson not out 0<\/p>\n EXTRAS (LB-4, W-22) 26<\/p>\n TOTAL (for nine wickets, 50 overs) 383<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-61 (Conway), 2-72 (Young), 3-168 (Mitchell), 4-222 (Latham), 5-265 (Phillips), 6-293 (Ravindra), 7-320 (Santner), 8-346 (Henry), 9-383 (Neesham)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Starc 9-0-89-0 (9w); Hazlewood 9-0-70-2 (1w); Cummins 10-0-66-2 (3w); Maxwell 10-0-62-1; Zampa 10-0-74-3; Marsh 2-0-18-0 (1w) RESULT: Australia won by five runs.<\/p>\n MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Travis Head<\/p>\n Bangladesh v Netherlands<\/strong> <\/p>\n NETHERLANDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n V. Singh c Shakib b Taskin 3<\/p>\n M. O\u2019Dowd c Tanzid b Shoriful 0<\/p>\n W. Barresi c Shakib b Mustafizur 41<\/p>\n C. Ackermann c Mustafizur b Shakib 15<\/p>\n S. Edwards c Mehidy b Mustafizur 68<\/p>\n B. de Leede c Mushfiqur b Taskin 17<\/p>\n S. Engelbrecht lbw b Mahedi 35<\/p>\n L. van Beek not out 23<\/p>\n S. Ahmad run out 6<\/p>\n A. Dutt c Mehidy b Shoriful 9<\/p>\n P. van Meekeren lbw b Mahedi 0<\/p>\n EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, W-7) 12<\/p>\n TOTAL (all out, 50 overs) 229<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-3 (Singh), 2-4 (O\u2019Dowd), 3-63 (Barresi), 4-63 (Ackermann), 5-107 (De Leede), 6-185 (Edwards), 7-185 (Engelbrecht), 8-194 (Ahmad), 9-212 (Dutt)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Shoriful 10-0-51-2 (3w); Taskin 9-1-43-2 (1w); Shakib 10-1-37-1; Mehidy 4-0-17-0; Mustafizur 10-1-36-2 (1w); Mahedi 7-0-40-2 (1w)<\/p>\n BANGLADESH:<\/strong><\/p>\n Liton Das c Edwards b Dutt 3<\/p>\n Tanzid Hasan c Edwards b van Beek 15<\/p>\n Mehidy Hasan Miraz c Edwards b de Leede 35<\/p>\n Najmul Hossain c van Beek b van Meekeren 9<\/p>\n Shakib Al Hasan c Edwards b van Meekeren 5<\/p>\n Mushfiqur Rahim b van Meekeren 1<\/p>\n Mahmudullah c Dutt b de Leede 20<\/p>\n Mahedi Hasan run out 17<\/p>\n Taskin Ahmed c de Leede b van Meekeren 11<\/p>\n Mustafizur Rahman b Ackermann 20<\/p>\n Shoriful Islam not out 0<\/p>\n EXTRAS (W-6) 6<\/p>\n TOTAL (all out, 42.2 overs) 142<\/p>\n FALL OF WICKETS: 1-19 (Das), 2-19 (Tanzid), 3-45 (Najmul), 4-63 (Shakib), 5-68 (Mehidy), 6-70 (Mushfiqur), 7-108 (Mahedi), 8-113 (Mahmudullah), 9-142 (Mustafizur)<\/p>\n BOWLING: Dutt 10-3-26-1; Van Beek 9-1-30-1 (4w); Ackermann 7-1-25-1; Van Meekeren 7.2-0-23-4 (2w); De Leede 7-0-25-2; Ahmad 2-0-13-0 RESULT: Netherlands won by 87 runs.<\/p>\n MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Paul van Meekeren<\/p>\n Published in Dawn, October 29th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DHARAMSALA: Travis Head\u2019s rapid hundred trumped Rachin Rav\u00adindra\u2019s gallant 116 as five-time champions Australia survived late drama against New Zealand before winning the highest-scoring match in World Cup history by just five runs to close in on a semi-final spot on Saturday. 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