The 2023 edition of the World Cup was kicked off today at Ahmedabad between the precious edition’s finalists England and New Zealand.

England and New Zealand have met on ten occasions in the World Cup. Both the teams have won five occasions. England was declared winners in scores tied game at Lord’s on 14 Jul 2019. It was also their second fixture at the same venue in the world Cup matches played in India.

No	Team	Res	Margin	BR	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	won	080 runs		NZl	Nottingham	11 Jun 1975
2	Eng	won	009 runs		NZl	Manchester	20 Jun 1979
3	Eng	won	106 runs		NZl	The Oval	09 Jun 1983
4	Eng	lost	002 wkts	1	NZl	Birmingham	15 Jun 1983
5	Eng	lost	007 wkts	55	NZl	Wellington	15 Mar 1992
6	Eng	lost	011 runs		NZl	Ahmedabad	14 Feb 1996
7	Eng	lost	006 wkts	54	NZl	Gros Islet	16 Mar 2007
8	Eng	lost	008 wkts	226	NZl	Wellington	20 Feb 2015
9	Eng	won	119 runs		NZl	Ch-le-St	03 Jul 2019
10	Eng	tied	–		NZl	Lord’s	14 Jul 2019

No	Team	Res	Margin	BR	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	won	080 runs		NZl	Nottingham	11 Jun 1975
2	Eng	won	009 runs		NZl	Manchester	20 Jun 1979
3	Eng	won	106 runs		NZl	The Oval	09 Jun 1983
4	Eng	won	119 runs		NZl	Ch-le-St	03 Jul 2019
5	Eng	Won	tied		NZl	Lord’s	14 Jul 2019
1	Eng	lost	002 wkts	1	NZl	Birmingham	15 Jun 1983
2	Eng	lost	007 wkts	55	NZl	Wellington	15 Mar 1992
3	Eng	lost	011 runs		NZl	Ahmedabad	14 Feb 1996
4	Eng	lost	006 wkts	54	NZl	Gros Islet	16 Mar 2007
5	Eng	lost	008 wkts	226	NZl	Wellington	20 Feb 2015

New Zealand  played its 90^th world cup match when it met England at Ahmedabad on 05.10.23 in the opening fixture of 2023 edition. New Zealand became the second team after Australia to play 90 plus world cup matches. Australia has played 94 world cup matches.

JS Buttler lead England in this game became the eleventh captain to lead England in the World Cup. TM Latham lead New Zealand in this game became the twelfth captain to lead New Zealand in the World Cup

JS Buttler and TM Latham would become the 12^th and 13^th wicket keeper captains to lead a team in the World Cup.

TM Latham became the second captain wicket keeper to lead New Zealand in the World Cup. Prior to this LK Germon had led New Zealand as a captain wicket keeper.JC Buttler became the second captain wicket keeper to lead England in the World Cup. Prior to this AJ Stewer had led England as a captain wicket keeper.

England-New Zealand match at Ahmedabad on 05.10.23 became the fourth match led by wicket keeper captains in the World Cup. The other three games are – Sri Lanka Vs Canada at Hambantota  on 20 Feb 2011,  India vs Sri Lanka at Wankhede on 02 Apr 2011 and India vs Zimbabwe at Auckland on 14 Mar 2015

HC Brook, DJ Malan, SM Curran and LS Livingston were making their World Cup debut in this game. At the end of this game, 118 cricketers have represented England in the World Cup.

MS Chapman, DP Conway, DJ Mitchell, GN Phillips, R Ravindra and WA Young were making their World Cup debut for New Zealand. At the end of this game, 99 cricketers have represented New Zealand in the World Cup.

R Ravindra of New Zealand had a memorable debut. He captured his first World Cup wicket in the very first over he bowled in the World Cup. He dismissed HC Brook caught by DP Conway for 25 of the last delivery of his first over.  

JE Root’s run aggregate in World Cup read 758 prior to the start of this game. He completed 800 runs when he was on 42 during his innings of 77 runs in this game. His run aggregate read 835  at the end of this game. He became the second England batsman to aggregate 800 plus runs in the World Cup. GA Gooch has an aggregate of 897 runs in the World Cup

JE Root’s 77 in this game represent his seventh fifty in World Cup. He now shares the second place amongst England batsmen who have scored most fifties in World Cup with GA Hick. The first place is occupied by GA Gooch who has scored nine fifties.

JE Root’s 77 in this game represents the 123^rd occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in World Cup.It also provides the 14th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty in World Cup against New Zealand.

JE Root’s 77 in this game represents the 105th occasion of an England batsman scoring a half century in World Cup.It also provides the eleventh occasion of an England batsman scoring a half century in World Cup against New Zealand.

R Ravindra returned with figures of one for 76 in this game to provide the 139^th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 20^th occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs in the World Cup against England. It also provides the ninth occasion of a New Zealand bowler conceding 70 plus runs in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of a New Zealand bowler conceding 70 plus runs in the World Cup against England.

TM Latham pouched three catches behind the wicket in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a New Zealand wicket keeper effecting three or more dismissals in an innings in the World Cup.It also provides the fifth occasion of TM Latham effecting three or more dismissals. TM Latham holds the New Zealand record for most three or more dismissals in an innings in the World Cup. He went past BB McCullum who held the previous New Zealand record wihr four occasion of three or more dismissals in the World Cup.

TM Latham became the fourth wicket keeper in the World Cup to effect three or more dismissals in an innings on five or more occasions. Others are KC Sangakkara {08},  MS Dhoni {06} and AC Gilchrist {06}

No	Player	Dis	Ct	St	I	Taam	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Sangakkara	4	3	1	2	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2003
2	KC Sangakkara	4	3	1	1	Srl	Aus	Gqeberha	18 Mar 2003
3	KC Sangakkara	3	3	0	2	Srl	Ber	Port of Spain	15 Mar 2007
4	KC Sangakkara	3	1	2	2	Srl	RSA	Providence	28 Mar 2007
5	KC Sangakkara	3	3	0	1	Srl	Ire	St George’s	18 Apr 2007
6	KC Sangakkara	4	3	1	2	Srl	Can	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011
7	KC Sangakkara	3	3	0	1	Srl	NZl	Colombo (RPS)	29 Mar 2011
8	KC Sangakkara	3	2	1	2	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
1	MS Dhoni	3	1	2	2	Ind	Ban	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2007
2	MS Dhoni	3	3	0	1	Ind	Srl	Port of Spain	23 Mar 2007
3	MS Dhoni	3	3	0	1	Ind	Ire	Bengaluru	06 Mar 2011
4	MS Dhoni	3	3	0	2	Ind	Pak	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
5	MS Dhoni	4	4	0	2	Ind	Ban	Melbourne	19 Mar 2015
6	MS Dhoni	4	3	1	1	Ind	Srl	Leeds	06 Jul 2019
1	AC Gilchrist	3	2	1	1	Aus	Sco	Worcester	16 May 1999
2	AC Gilchrist	4	4	0	2	Aus	Ind	The Oval	04 Jun 1999
3	AC Gilchrist	6	6	0	2	Aus	Nam	Potchefstroom	27 Feb 2003
4	AC Gilchrist	3	3	0	1	Aus	Eng	Gqeberha	02 Mar 2003
5	AC Gilchrist	4	4	0	1	Aus	RSA	Gros Islet	25 Apr 2007
6	AC Gilchrist	3	2	1	2	Aus	Srl	Bridgetown	28 Apr 2007
1	TWM Latham	5	5	0	1	NZl	Afg	Taunton	08 Jun 2019
2	TWM Latham	4	4	0	2	NZl	Win	Manchester	22 Jun 2019
3	TWM Latham	3	3	0	2	NZl	Ind	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
4	TWM Latham	3	3	0	2	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	14 Jul 2019
5	TWM Latham	3	3	0	1	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023

WA Young of New Zealand was dismissed by the first ball of the match for zero to provide the 219^th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in the World Cup. It also provides the 17th occasion of a New Zealand batsman collecting the first ball duck in the World Cup. It also provides the 23rd occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in the World Cup against England. It also provides the third occasion of a New Zealand batsman collecting the first ball duck in the World Cup against England

WA Young of New Zealand was dismissed by the first ball of the match for zero to provide the 31^st occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in the World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in the World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in the World Cup against England. It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in the World Cup against England

SA Curran captured a wicket of the first ball he bowled on his debut in the World Cup. He captured the wicket of WA Young who was also making his World Cup debut for zero caught by JS Buttler. SA Curran became the fourth bowler in the history of World Cup. The previous  three occasions of bowlers taking a wicket of the first ball they bowled on their World Cup debut

Ian Harvey (Australia) – against Pakistan in 2003 World Cup – During the group stage match between Australia and Pakistan, Ian Harvey took the wicket of a well-set Salim Elahi with his first ball of the World Cup.

Malachi Jones (Bermuda) – against India in 2007 World Cup – During the group stage match between India and Bermuda in 2007, Malachi Jones (Bermuda) took the wicket of Robin Uthappa with his very first ball.

Vijay Shankar (India) – against Pakistan in 2019 World Cup – The first ball that Shankar delivered saw Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq getting trapped in front of the wicket. In the rain-affected match, Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals and eventually fell short by 89 runs (DLS method).

SA Curran captured a wicket of the first ball he bowled on his debut in the World Cup. He captured the wicket of WA Young who was also making his World Cup debut for zero caught by JS Buttler. Perhaps this is the very first occasion of a WC debutant bowler capturing the WC debutant batsman’s wicket by the first ball in the history of World Cup

DP Conway-R Ravindra added 273 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in this game to provide the 19^th occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in an innings in the World Cup against England

DP Conway-R Ravindra added 273 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for any wicket by New Zealand batsmen in the World Cup. Previous best was 168 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between LK Germon-CZ Harris  against Australia at Chennai on 11 Mar 1996

DP Conway-R Ravindra added 273 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for any wicket by batsmen in the World Cup against England. Previous best was 231 runs unfinished partnership for the first wicket between TM Dilshan-WU Tharanga of Sri Lanka against England at Col-RPS on 26 Mar 2011

DP Conway-R Ravindra added 273 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for second wicket by batsmen in the World Cup against England. Previous best was 212 runs unfinished partnership for the second wicket between KC Sangakkara-HDRL Thirimannne of Sri Lanka against England at Wellington on 01 Mar 2015.

DP Conway and R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 152* and 123* runs in this game. The following table lists the centuries scored in the opening fixtures in each edition

No	Edition	Batsman	Score	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	1975	DL Amiss	137	Eng	Vs	Ind	Lord’s	07.06.75
		GM Turner	171*	NZl	Vs	EAF	Birmingham	07.06.75
2	1979	CG Greendige	106*	Win	Vs	Ind	Birmingham	19.06.79
3	1983	AJ Lamb	102	Eng	Vs	NZl	The Oval	09.06.83
4	1987	Javed Miandad	103	Pak	Vs	Srl	Hyd-Pak	08.10.87
5	1992	MD Crowe	100*	NZl	Vs	Aus	Auckland	22.02.92
		DC Boon	100	Aus	Vs	NZl	Auckland	22.02.02
6	1996	NJ Astle	101	NZl	Vs	Eng	Ahmedabad	14.02.96
7	1999	No Hundreds scored
8	2003	BC Lara	116	Win	Vs	RSA	Cape Town	09.02.03
9	2007	No Hundreds scored
10	2011	V Sehwag	175	Ind	Vs	Ban	Dhaka	19.02.11
		V Kohli	100*	Ind	Vs	Ban	Dhaka	19.02.11
11	2015	AJ Finch	135	Aus	Vs	Eng	Melbourne	14.02.15
12	2019	No Hundreds scored
13	2023	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Vs	Eng	Ahmedabad	05.10.23
		R Ravindra	123*	NZl	Vs	Eng	Ahmedabad	05.10.23

DP Conway and R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 152* and 123* runs in this game to provide the second occasion of two batsmen scoring centuries in an opening fixture of a World Cup. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Edition	Batsman	Score	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	2011	V Sehwag	175	Ind	Vs	Ban	Dhaka	19.02.11
		V Kohli	100*	Ind	Vs	Ban	Dhaka	19.02.11
2	2023	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Vs	Eng	Ahmedabad	05.10.23
		R Ravindra	123*	NZl	Vs	Eng	Ahmedabad	05.10.23

DP Conway scored 152 not out in this game to provide the 23^rd occasion of a batsman scoring 150 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Guptill	237*	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
2	CH Gayle	215	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
3	G Kirsten	188*	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
4	SC Ganguly	183	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26 May 1999
5	IVA Richards	181	Win	Srl	Karachi	13 Oct 1987
6	DA Warner	178	Aus	Afg	Perth	04 Mar 2015
7	N Kapil De	175*	Ind	Zim	Tunbridge Wells	18 Jun 1983
8	V Sehwag	175	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	19 Feb 2011
9	CB Wishart	172*	Zim	Nam	Harare	10 Feb 2003
10	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
11	DA Warner	166	Aus	Ban	Nottingham	20 Jun 2019
12	AB de Villiers	162*	RSA	Win	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
13	TM Dilshan	161*	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
14	AC Hudson	161	RSA	Net	Rawalpindi	05 Mar 1996
15	Imran Nazir	160	Pak	Zim	Kingston	21 Mar 2007
16	HM Amla	159	RSA	Ire	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
17	ML Hayden	158	Aus	Win	North Sound	27 Mar 2007
18	AJ Strauss	158	Eng	Ind	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
19	KJ Coetzer	156	Sco	Ban	Nelson	05 Mar 2015
20	JJ Roy	153	Eng	Ban	Cardiff	08 Jun 2019
21	AJ Finch	153	Aus	Srl	The Oval	15 Jun 2019
22	SR Tendulkar	152	Ind	Nam	PM Burg	23 Feb 2003
23	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023

DP Conway scored 152 not out in this game to provide the third occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring 150 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Guptill	237*	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
2	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
3	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023

DP Conway scored 152 not out in this game to provide the 20^th  occasion of an opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Guptill	237*	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
2	CH Gayle	215	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
3	G Kirsten	188*	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
4	SC Ganguly	183	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26 May 1999
5	DA Warner	178	Aus	Afg	Perth	04 Mar 2015
6	V Sehwag	175	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	19 Feb 2011
7	CB Wishart	172*	Zim	Nam	Harare	10 Feb 2003
8	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
9	DA Warner	166	Aus	Ban	Nottingham	20 Jun 2019
10	TM Dilshan	161*	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
11	AC Hudson	161	RSA	Net	Rawalpindi	05 Mar 1996
12	Imran Nazir	160	Pak	Zim	Kingston	21 Mar 2007
13	HM Amla	159	RSA	Ire	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
14	ML Hayden	158	Aus	Win	North Sound	27 Mar 2007
15	AJ Strauss	158	Eng	Ind	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
16	KJ Coetzer	156	Sco	Ban	Nelson	05 Mar 2015
17	JJ Roy	153	Eng	Ban	Cardiff	08 Jun 2019
18	AJ Finch	153	Aus	Srl	The Oval	15 Jun 2019
19	SR Tendulkar	152	Ind	Nam	PM Burg	23 Feb 2003
20	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023

DP Conway scored 152 not out in this game to provide the third occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Guptill	237*	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
2	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
3	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023

DP Conway {152*}  and R Ravindra {123*} scored centuries in this game to provide the 197^th and 198^th occasion of  a batsman scoring a century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 19^th and 20^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring century in the World Cup

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Guptill	237*	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
2	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07 Jun 1975
3	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023
4	KS Williamson	148	NZl	Win	Manchester	22 Jun 2019
5	DL Houghton	142	NZl	NZl	Hyd-LBS	10 Oct 1987
6	SB Styris	141	NZl	Srl	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2003
7	SP Fleming	134*	NZl	RSA	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003
8	LRPL Taylor	131*	NZl	Pak	Pallekele	08 Mar 2011
9	CZ Harris	130	NZl	Aus	Chennai	11 Mar 1996
10	R Ravindra	123*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023
11	GM Turner	114*	NZl	Ind	Manchester	14 Jun 1975
12	SB Styris	111*	NZl	Srl	St George’s	12 Apr 2007
13	KS Williamson	106*	NZl	RSA	Birmingham	19 Jun 2019
14	MJ Guptill	105	NZl	Ban	Hamilton	13 Mar 2015
15	NJ Astle	102*	NZl	Zim	Bloemfontein	08 Mar 2003
16	SP Fleming	102*	NZl	Ban	North Sound	02 Apr 2007
17	NJ Astle	101	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	14 Feb 1996
18	L Vincent	101	NZl	Can	Gros Islet	22 Mar 2007
19	BB McCullum	101	NZl	Can	Mumbai	13 Mar 2011
20	MD Crowe	100*	NZl	Aus	Auckland	22 Feb 1992

DP Conway {152*}  and R Ravindra {123*} scored centuries in this game to provide the 16^th and 17^th occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in World Cup debut

No	Batsmen	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Edition
1	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	1975
2	DL Amiss	137	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	1979
3	TM Chappell	110	Aus	Ind	Nottingham	1983
4	AJ Lamb	102	Eng	NZl	The Oval	1983
5	GR Marsh	110	Aus	Ind	Chennai	1987
6	A Flower	115*	Zim	Srl	New Plymouth	1992
7	G Kirsten	188*	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	1996
8	NJ Astle	101	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	1996
9	CB Wishart	172*	Zim	Nam	Harare	2003
10	A Symonds	143*	Aus	Pak	Johannesburg	2003
11	SB Styris	141*	NZl	Srl	Bloemfontien	2003
12	JP Bray	115*	Ire	Zim	Kingston	2007
13	V Kohli	100*	Ind	Ban	Dhaka	2011
14	AJ Finch	135	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	2015
15	DA Miller	138*	RSA	Zim	Hamilton	2015
16	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	2023
17	R Ravindra	123*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	2023

DP Conway {152*}  and R Ravindra {123*} scored centuries in this game to provide the fourth and fifth occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring centuries in World Cup debut

No	Batsmen	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Edition
1	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	1975
2	NJ Astle	101	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	1996
3	SB Styris	141*	NZl	Srl	Bloemfontien	2003
4	DP Conway	152*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	2023
5	R Ravindra	123*	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	2023

World Cup has witnessed 18 occasions of two batsmen scoring centuries in an innings which includes New Zealand batsmen’s feat of DP Conway {152*}  and R Ravindra {123*} scoring centuries in this game.  It is the third such occasion against England and the first such occasion by New Zealand batsmen.

World Cup has witnessed three occasions of two left hand batsmen scoring centuries in an innings which includes New Zealand batsmen’s feat of DP Conway {152*}  and R Ravindra {123*} scoring centuries in this game.  It is the second such occasion against England and the first such occasion by New Zealand batsmen. The first such occasion against England was by Sri Lankan left hand batsmen HDRLThirumanne {139*}  and KC Sangakkara {117*} at Wellington on 01Mar 2015

World Cup has witnessed three occasions of two left hand batsmen scoring unbeaten centuries in an innings which includes New Zealand batsmen’s feat of DP Conway {152*}  and R Ravindra {123*} scoring centuries in this game. 

The other two occasions are – South African left hand batsmen DA Miller {138*} and JP Duminy {115*} scoring unbeaten centuries against Zimbabwe at Hamilton on 24 Mar 2015. The second such occasion was by Sri Lankan left hand batsmen HDRLThirumanne {139*}  and KC Sangakkara {117*} scoring unbeaten centuries against England at Wellington on 01Mar 2015.

New Zealand openers DP Conway {152*} and WA Young {zero} scored century and zero in this game to provide the sixth occasion of opening batsmen scoring a century and zero in an innings in the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsmen	Score	Batsman	Score	Team	Opp	Groud	Date
1	Aamir Sohail	000	Ramiz Raja	119*	Pak	NZl	Christchurch	18.03.92
2	WTS Porterfield	000	JF Bray	115*	Ire	Zim	Kingston	15.03.07
3	RG Sharma	000	S Dhawan	137	Ind	RSA	Melbourne	22.02.15
4	DR Smith	000	CH Gayle	215	Win	Zim	Canberra	24.02.15
5	RG Sharma	102	KL Rahul	000	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	30.06.19
6	DP Conway	152*	WA Young	000	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	05.10.23

This game witnessed rival World Cup debutant bowlers capturing a wicket in the first over they bowled in the World Cup. R Ravindra of New Zealand and SA Curran of England were the bowlers who performed the feat

DP Conway {152*}  and R Ravindra {123*} scored centuries in this game to provide the first occasion of two batsman from the same team scoring centuries in World Cup debut

New Zealand won this game by nine wickets to provide the 24^th occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by exact nine wickets

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Tar	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	West Indies	9 wickets	236	087	20.4	60.0	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	07 Jun 1975
2	West Indies	9 wickets	051	191	51.3	60.0	v India	Birmingham	09 Jun 1979
3	New Zealand	9 wickets	074	190	47.4	60.0	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	09 Jun 1979
4	England	9 wickets	215	137	24.1	60.0	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 1983
5	India	9 wickets	107	222	32.1	50.0	v New Zealand	Nagpur	31 Oct 1987
6	South Africa	9 wickets	013	171	46.5	49.0	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1992
7	Pakistan	9 wickets	090	110	18.0	33.0	v U.A.E.	Gujranwala	24 Feb 1996
8	England	9 wickets	066	204	39.0	50.0	v Kenya	Canterbury	18 May 1999
9	Pakistan	9 wickets	015	242	47.3	50.0	v New Zealand	Manchester	16 Jun 1999
10	Australia	9 wickets	166	126	22.2	50.0	v India	Centurion	15 Feb 2003
11	New Zealand	9 wickets	013	226	36.5	39.0	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003
12	Sri Lanka	9 wickets	272	037	04.4	50.0	v Canada	Paarl	19 Feb 2003
13	New Zealand	9 wickets	124	175	29.2	50.0	v Bangladesh	North Sound	02 Apr 2007
14	Australia	9 wickets	226	092	12.2	50.0	v Ireland	Bridgetown	13 Apr 2007
15	South Africa	9 wickets	184	155	19.2	50.0	v England	Bridgetown	17 Apr 2007
16	Sri Lanka	9 wickets	188	143	18.4	50.0	v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	01 Mar 2011
17	West Indies	9 wickets	226	059	12.2	50.0	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	04 Mar 2011
18	India	9 wickets	187	103	18.5	50.0	v U.A.E.	Perth	28 Feb 2015
19	Sri Lanka	9 wickets	016	310	47.2	50.0	v England	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
20	England	9 wickets	041	101	18.1	25.0	v Afghanistan	Sydney	13 Mar 2015
21	South Africa	9 wickets	192	134	18.0	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	18 Mar 2015
22	South Africa	9 wickets	116	127	28.4	48.0	v Afghanistan	Cardiff	15 Jun 2019
23	South Africa	9 wickets	076	204	37.2	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Che-le-St	28 Jun 2019
24	New Zealand	9 wickets	082	283	36.2	50.0	v England	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023

New Zealand won this game by nine wickets to provide the fourth occasion of a New Zealand winning a World Cup game by exact nine wickets

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Tar	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	New Zealand	9 wickets	74	190	47.4	60.0	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	09 Jun 1979
2	New Zealand	9 wickets	13	226	36.5	39.0	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003
3	New Zealand	9 wickets	124	175	29.2	50.0	v Bangladesh	North Sound	02 Apr 2007
4	New Zealand	9 wickets	82	283	36.2	50.0	v England	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023

New Zealand won this game by nine wickets to provide the third occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by exact nine wickets against England

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Tar	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	South Africa	9 wickets	184	155	19.2	50.0	v England	Bridgetown	17 Apr 2007
2	Sri Lanka	9 wickets	16	310	47.2	50.0	v England	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
3	New Zealand	9 wickets	82	283	36.2	50.0	v England	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023

An avid fan of cricket, Sri Ramachandra Rao, retired Assistant General Manager of the erstwhile Corporation Bank and brother of Sri C Prahlada Rao, former General Manager of the erstwhile Dena Bank, who was my boss, has pointed out a world record which I had missed out during the compilation of statistics of this match. He has pointed out that for the first time in the history of one day internationals, all the eleven batsmen have reached double figures and this feat was accomplished by England in this game. The following table lists the six occasions when ten or more batsmen have reached the double figures in an innings in a one day international.

No	Team	Score	Num	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	282/9	11	1	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	05 Oct 2023
2	West Indies	246	10	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1991
3	Pakistan	259/9	10	2	v West Indies	Dhaka	29 Oct 1998
4	Zimbabwe	262	10	2	v India	Rajkot	14 Dec 2000
5	India	275	10	2	v Pakistan	Jaipur	18 Nov 2007
6	Australia	269	10	1	v India	Chennai	22 Mar 2023

J Root’s 77 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 388^th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in the World Cup. It also provides the 57^th occasion of a batsman’s fifty in a losing cause against New Zealand. It also provides the 37th occasion of an England batsman’s fifty going in vain in the World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of an England batsman’s fifty going in vain in the World Cup against New Zealand.

J Root has witnessed his fourth fifty in the World Cup in a losing cause. He now shares the England record for most fifties in losing cause in the World Cup with KP Pietersen. KP Pietersen has also witnessed his four fifties going in vain in the World Cup.