WC 2011 Match Facts and Statistics: Australia Vs New Zealand

Both the teams drubbed minnow opponents in their first match. A cracker of fight was expected. Alas!! New Zealand proved to be another minnow against mighty Australians. Here is the scorecard and match statistics.

Match Facts

Match 8
Captains: Ponting (Aus), Vettori (NZ)
Toss: Aus
Result: Aus won by 7 wkts
MOM: Johnson
50s: 3 (N McCullum for NZ, Watson and Haddin for Aus)
6s: 1 (Watson)
3wkts or more: 4/33 Johnson, 3/35 Tait
100+ partnerships: 133 1st wkt Watson and Haddin
50+ partnerships:
54 runs 8th wkt N McCullum and Vettori

Record

Australia registered their 25th consecutive World Cup win.
Watson hit his 2nd consecutive 50 in 2011 WC
Johnson took 4 wkts for the 2nd consecutive match.

New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)

Guptill b Watson 10 runs 2 4s
B McCullum† c Krejza b Tait 16 runs 3 4s
Ryder c Haddin b Johnson 25 runs 6 4s
Taylor b Tait 7 runs 1 four
Franklin c Haddin b Johnson 0
Styris c Haddin b Tait 0
How lbw b Smith 22 runs 1 four
N McCullum lbw b Johnson 52 runs 3 4s
Vettori c Haddin b Lee 44 runs 5 4s
Southee c Ponting b Johnson 6 runs
Bennett not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 13, nb 2) 24
Total (45.1 overs) 206

Fall of wickets

1-20 (BB McCullum, 3.4 ov), 2-40 (Guptill, 8.5 ov), 3-66 (Ryder, 13.2 ov), 4-66 (Franklin, 13.5 ov), 5-67 (Styris, 14.4 ov), 6-73 (Taylor, 16.6 ov), 7-121 (How, 28.6 ov), 8-175 (NL McCullum, 41.2 ov), 9-206 (Vettori, 44.6 ov), 10-206 (Southee, 45.1 ov)

Bowling

B Lee 8 ov 2 maidens 29/1
Tait 7 ov 35/3
Johnson 9.1 ov 3 maidens 33/4
Watson 3 ov 1 maiden 9/1
Krejza 9 ov 47/0
Smith 9 ov 44/1

Australia innings (target: 207 runs from 50 overs)

Watson b Bennett 62 runs 6 4s 1 six
Haddin c Franklin b Bennett 55 runs 8
Ponting st B McCullum b Southee 12 ov 28 1 four
Clarke not out 24 runs 4 4s
White not out 22 runs 3 4s
Extras (lb 3, w 29) 32
Total (34 overss) 207/3

Fall of wickets

1-133 (Haddin, 18.1 ov), 2-136 (Watson, 18.3 ov), 3-167 (Ponting, 26.4 ov)

Bowling

Southee 10 ov 2 maidens 45/1
Vettori 7 ov 39/0
Bennett 7 ov 63/2
N McCullum 3 ov 22/0
Ryder 5 ov 24/0
Franklin 2 ov 11/1