Australia recorded a nail biting victory in today’s World Cup match against New Zealand. New Zealand won the toss and invited Australia to bat first. Opening batter David Warner, attacked to the kivi’s bowlers as usual. He scored 81 runs today. Other opener Travis Head, who scored a valuable century. between Head and Warner, there was a magnificent 175-run stand for the first wicket. Travis’ ton included ten fours and seven sixes. He just needed 67 balls for that.
The Australian batters, buoyed by the excellent start given by Warner and Travis, scored 388 runs at the end of the innings. For New Zealand, Trent Boult and Glen Phillips took three wickets, and Mitchell Santnar got two wickets.
The New Zealand batters came to the reply innings and engaged in an aggressive batting attack from the beginning of the inning. Their openers Devon Conway and Will Young put on a brisk 67-run first-wicket partnership in just seven overs. Rachin Ravindra, who came to bat after the dismissal of Devon Conway, scored his second century in this World Cup. he dismissed by pat Cummins.Ravindra scored 116 with nine fours and five sixers. Daryl Mitchell gave valuable support to Ravindra, who scored 54 runs.
After Ravindra’s dismissal, James Neesam, who took the responsibility of leading the team to victory, scored 58 runs and brought the match close to victory. But unfortunately, he was run out in the fifth ball of the 49th over. At that time, New Zealand needed only six runs to win. However, Australia recorded a fine victory over New Zealand by five runs.
With this victory, Australia got eight points and ranked fourth in the points table. This is the most intense match of the 2023 World Cup so far. The match between South Africa and Pakistan, which was held yesterday, was a nail-biting match, and today’s game was the same.
This year World Cup is currently taking a very competitive look. India and South Africa are the top two teams in the current situation, but until the end of this round, it is still being determined which four teams will qualify for the semi-finals.