WC 2015 – Game 40 – Australia vs Scotland at Hobart on 14.03.15 – Australia won by seven wickets

WC 2015 – Game 40 – Australia vs Scotland at Hobart on 14.03.15 – Australia won by seven wickets

Australia won this game by seven wkts with 208 balls to spare providing the 13th occasion of a team winning a World Cup game with 200 plus balls remaining. All such occasions are listed below.

 

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Oppn Ground Date
1 Eng 08 wkts 277 046 13.5 60.0 Can Manchester 13.06.79
2 Srl 09 wkts 272 037 4.4 50.0 Can Paarl 19.02.03
3 NZl 10 wkts 252 070 8.0 50.0 Ken Chennai 20.02.11
4 Srl 08 wkts 240 078 10.0 50.0 Ire St George’s 18.04.07
5 Win 08 wkts 239 069 10.1 50.0 Sco Leicester 27.05.99
6 Win 09 wkts 236 087 20.4 60.0 Srl Manchester 07.06.75
7 RSA 10 wkts 228 109 12.0 50.0 Ire Bloemfontein 22.02.03
8 Aus 09 wkts 226 092 12.2 50.0 Ire Bridgetown 13.04.07
9 Win 09 wkts 226 059 12.2 50.0 Ban Dhaka 04.03.11
10 NZl 08 wkts 226 124 12.2 50.0 Eng Wellington 20.02.15
11 Eng 09 wkts 215 137 24.1 60.0 Srl Leeds 20.06.83
12 Aus 07 wkts 208 131 15.2 50.0 Sco Hobart 14.03.15
13 Aus 07 wkts 204 106 26.0 60.0 Can Birmingham 16.06.79

 

Australia won this game by seven wkts with 208 balls to spare providing the third occasion of a team winning a World Cup game with 200 plus balls remaining. All such occasions are listed below.

 

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Opposition Ground Date
1 Australia 09 wkts 226 092 12.2 50.0 v Ireland Bridgetown 13.04.07
2 Australia 07 wkts 208 131 15.2 50.0 v Scotland Hobart 14.03.15
3 Australia 07 wkts 204 106 26.0 60.0 v Canada Birmingham 16.06.79

 

Australia became the second team after West Indies to win three World Cup games with 200 plus balls to spare. The feats of these two teams are listed below

 

No Winner Margin BR Target Overs Max Oppn Ground Date
1 Aus 09 wkts 226 092 12.2 50.0 Ire Bridgetown 13.04.07
2 Aus 07 wkts 208 131 15.2 50.0 Sco Hobart 14.03.15
3 Aus 07 wkts 204 106 26.0 60.0 Can Birmingham 16.06.79
                   
1 Win 08 wkts 239 069 10.1 50.0 Sco Leicester 27.05.99
2 Win 09 wkts 236 087 20.4 60.0 Srl Manchester 07.06.75
3 Win 09 wkts 226 059 12.2 50.0 Ban Dhaka 04.03.11

 

KJ Coetzer, CS McLeod, PL Mommsen, FRJ Coleman, RML Taylor, I Wardlaw scored ducks in this game to provide the seventh occasion of five batsmen failing to open the account in an innings of a World Cup game. It also provides the second such occasion by Scotland in the World Cup. The first such occasion was against New Zealand at Dunedin on 17.02.15.

 

MA Starc captured 4 for 14 in this game to provide the 184th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in the World Cup. It also provides the 130th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in the World Cup.

 

MA Starc returned with figures of 4.4.-1-14-4 to provide the fifth occasion of a bowler capturing four wickets in less than five overs. The list is furnished below

 

No Player O M R W Inns Tema Oppn Ground Date
1 GB Hogg 4.5 0 27 4 2 Aus Net Basseterre 18.03.07
2 MA Starc 4.4 1 14 4 1 Aus Sco Hobart 14.03.15
3 Yuvraj Singh 4.3 2 6 4 2 Ind Nam Pietermaritzburg 23.02.03
4 CZ Harris 3.1 0 7 4 1 NZl Sco Edinburgh 31.05.99
5 TM Dilshan 3.0 1 4 4 2 Srl Zim Pallekele 10.03.11

 

MA Starc captured 4 for 14 in this game to provide the 21st occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four or more wickets in the World Cup. It also provides the 18th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing exact four wickets in the World Cup.

 

MA Starc returned with figures of 4.4.-1-14-4 to provide the second occasion of an Australian bowler capturing four wickets in less than five overs. Both the occasions are  furnished below

 

No Player O M R W Inns Tema Oppn Ground Date
1 GB Hogg 4.5 0 27 4 2 Aus Net Basseterre 18.03.07
2 MA Starc 4.4 1 14 4 1 Aus Sco Hobart 14.03.15

 

MA Starc’s 4 for 14 in this game represent  his second four wicket haul in the World Cup – the first occasion being his 6 for 28 against New Zealand at Auckland on 28.02.15, MA Starc became the 34th bowler and also the eighth Australian bowler to capture  four or more wickets on two or more occasions in the World Cup.

 

MA Starc’s feat of two four wickets haul in the WC 2015 edition provides the 25th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in a single edition of the World Cup. His feat also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian bowler performing such a feat in the World Cup.

 

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