England won the toss and put Australia into bat to provide the 187th occasion of a team inserting the opposition in the World Cup. It also provides the 20th occasion of England inserting the opposition in the World Cup.

 

England won the toss and put Australia into bat and lost the game to provide the 103rd occasion of a team inserting the opposition in the World Cup and losing the game. It also provides the eighth occasion of England inserting the opposition and losing the game in the World Cup.

 

Australia posted 342 for 9 in this game after being inserted to provide the 36th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs after being inserted in the World Cup. It also provides the ninth occasion of Australia posting 300 plus after put into bat in the World Cup

 

AJ Finch scored 135 in this game on his World Cup debut. He became the fourth Australian batsman to score a hundred on World Cup debut. The following table lists out all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat

 

No	Batsmen	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Edition
1	TM Chappell	110	Aus	Ind	Nottingham	1983
2	GR Marsh	110	Aus	Ind	Chennai	1987
3	A Symonds	143*	Aus	Pak	Johannesburg	2003
4	AJ Finch	135	Aus	Eng	Melbourne`	2015

 

AJ Finch scored 135 in this game on his World Cup debut. He became the 14^th batsman to score a hundred on World Cup debut. The following table lists out all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat

 

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

 

AJ Finch was dismissed run out for 135 in this game to provide the 63rd occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out in one day games

 

AJ Finch’s 135 remains the highest score by an Australian batsman who was dismissed run out with a hundred in one day games. The previous best was 130 by ME Waugh against Sri Lanka at Perth on 12.01.96

AJ Finch was dismissed run out for 135 in this game to provide the 39th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed run out in one day games

 

AJ Finch’s 135 remains the highest score by an Australian opening batsman who was dismissed run out with a hundred in one day games. The previous best was 130 by ME Waugh against Sri Lanka at Perth on 12.01.96

 

AJ Finch was dismissed run out for 135 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of an Australian batsman dismissed run out in one day games. Other two occasions are – ME Waugh – 126 vs India at Mumbai on 22.02.96 and RT Ponting – 102 vs West Indies at Jaipur on 04.03.96.

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AJ Finch and GJ Bailey added 146 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 36th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in the World Cup.

 

GJ Bailey scored 55 in this game to provide the 132nd occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the World Cup. It also provides the 19th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty in the World Cup.

 

GJ Bailey scored 55 in this game to provide the 12th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against England in the World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of an Australian captain scoring a fifty against England in the World Cup.  RT Ponting is the other captain to score a fifty against England in the World Cup, He had scored 86 at North Sound on 08.04.07

 

AJ Finch scored 135 in this game to provide the 29th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred against England in one day games. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred against England in the World Cup. The previous best by an Australian batsman against England in the World Cup was 86 by RT Ponting at North Sound on 08.04.07

 

ST Finn captured five for 71 in this game to provide the 48th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of an England bowler capturing five or more wickets in the World Cup. Other two occasions are – 5 for 39 by VJ Marks vs Sri Lanka at Taunton on 11.06.83 and 5 for 48 by TT Bresnan vs India at Bangalore on 27.02.11

 

ST Finn became the third bowler in the annals of one day games to capture five wickets conceding 70 plus runs in a one day games. He returned with figures of 5 for 71 in this game. The other two bowlers are – 5 for 70 by JN Gillespie of Australia vs Pakistan at Nairobi {Gym} on 07.09.02 and 5 for 73 by G Goudie of Scotland vs Australia at Edinburgh on 28.08.09

 

ST Finn became the first bowler in the World Cup to capture five wickets conceding 70 plus runs in a one day games. He returned with figures of 5 for 71 in this game.

 

ST Finn’s 5 for 71 in this game was on his World Cup debut. He became the 19^th bowler to capture four or more wickets on World Cup debut. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DK Lillee	12.0	2	34	5	Aus	Pak	Leeds	07.06.75
2	BD Julien	12.0	3	20	4	Win	Srl	Manchester	07.06.75
3	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18.06.75
4	MA Holding	12.0	2	33	4	Win	Ind	Birmingham	09.06.79
5	DAG Fletcher	11.0	1	42	4	Zim	Aus	Nottingham	09.06.83
6	Abdul Qadir	12.0	4	21	4	Pak	NZl	Birmingham	11.06.83
7	WW Davis	10.3	0	51	7	Win	Aus	Leeds	11.06.83
8	CJ McDermott	10.0	0	56	4	Aus	Ind	Chennai	09.10.87
9	PA Strang	7.3	1	40	4	Zim	Win	Hyd-LBS	16.02.96
10	DW Fleming	9.0	0	36	5	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27.02.96
11	AD Mullally	10.0	1	37	4	Eng	Srl	Lord’s	14.05.99
12	NC Johnson	10.0	0	42	4	Zim	Ken	Taunton	15.05.99
13	DS Mohanty	10.0	0	56	4	Ind	Ken	Bristol	23.05.99
14	SK Warne	9.0	1	33	4	Aus	Pak	Lord’s	20.06.99
15	IJ Harvey	9.3	0	58	4	Aus	Pak	Johannesburg	11.02.03
16	A Codrington	9.0	3	27	5	Can	Ban	Durban	11.02.03
17	JM Anderson	10.0	1	25	4	Eng	Net	East London	16.02.03
18	MF Maharoof	7.0	1	23	4	Srl	Ber	Port of Spain	15.03.07
19	ST Finn	10.0	0	71	5	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

ST Finn’s 5 for 71 in this game was on his World Cup debut. He became the sixth bowler to capture five or more wickets n World Cup debut. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DK Lillee	12.0	2	34	5	Aus	Pak	Leeds	07.06.75
2	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18.06.75
3	WW Davis	10.3	0	51	7	Win	Aus	Leeds	11.06.83
4	DW Fleming	9.0	0	36	5	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27.02.96
5	A Codrington	9.0	3	27	5	Can	Ban	Durban	11.02.03
6	ST Finn	10.0	0	71	5	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

ST Finn performed a Hat trick in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of a bowler performing a hat trick in the annals of one day games. It also provides the fourth occasion of an England bowler performing a hat trick in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Bowlers	Teams	Ground	Date	Res
1	SJ Harmison	England India	Nottingham	01.09.04	W
2	JM Anderson	England Pakistan	The Oval	20.06.03	W
3	A Flintoff	England West Indies	St Lucia	03.04.09	W
4	ST Finn	England Australia	Melbourne	14.02.15	L

 

ST Finn’s hat trick in this game was in a losing cause to provide the eighth occasion of a bowler’s hat trick going in vain in the history of one day game. The following table lists all such occasions

 

No	Bowlers	Teams	Ground	Date	Result
1	Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh Zimbabwe	Harare	02.08.06	Lost
2	SE Bond	New Zealand Australia	Hobart	14.01.07	Lost
3	SL Malinga	Sri Lanka South Africa	Guyana	28.03.07	Lost
4	DT Christian	Australia Sri Lanka	Melbourne	02.03.12	Lost
5	CJ McKay	Australia England	Cardiff	14.09.13	Lost
6	P Utseya	Zimbabwe South Africa	Harare	29.08.14	Lost
7	Tajul Islam	Bangladesh Zimbabwe	Dhaka	01.12.14	Lost
8	ST Finn	England Australia	Melbourne	14.02.15	Lost

 

ST Finn’s hat trick in this game provides the eighth occasion of a bowler performing a hat trick in the World Cup. The following table lists all such occasions

 

No	Bowlers	Teams	Ground	Date	Result
1	C Sharma	India New Zealand	Nagpur	31.10.87	Won
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan Zimbabwe	The Oval	11.06.99	Won
3	WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	14.02.03	Won
4	B Lee	Australia Kenya	Durban	15.03.03	Won
5	SL Malinga	Sri Lanka South Africa	Guyana	28.03.07	Lost
6	KAJ Roach	West Indies Netherlands	Delhi	28.02.11	Won
7	SL Malinga	Sri Lanka Kenya	Col-RPS	01.03.11	Won
8	ST Finn	England Australia	Melbourne	14.02.15	Lost

 

ST Finn’s hat trick in this game was in a losing cause to provide the second occasion of a bowler’s hat trick going in vain in the World Cup. SL Malinga’s hat trick against South Africa at Durban on 28.03.07 was in vain.

 

No	Bowlers	Teams	Ground	Date	Result
1	SL Malinga	Sri Lanka South Africa	Guyana	28.03.07	Lost
2	ST Finn	England Australia	Melbourne	14.02.15	Lost

 

ST Finn’s 5 for 71 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the tenth occasion of a bowler’s five wicket haul going in vain in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of England bowler’s five wicket haul going in vain in the World Cup

 

MR Marsh captured 5 for 33 in this game to provide the 49^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in the World Cup. It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in the World Cup.

 

ST Finn {5 for 71} and MR Marsh {5 for 33} captured five wickets in this game to provide the fourth occasion of rival bowlers capturing five or more wickets in a World Cup game. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	1	N Kapil Dev	12.0	2	43	5	1	Ind	Aus	Nottingham	13.06.83
	2	KH MacLeay	11.5	3	39	6	2	Aus	Ind	Nottingham	13.06.83
2	1	ALF de Mel	12.0	1	39	5	1	Srl	Pak	Leeds	16.06.83
	2	Abdul Qadir	12.0	1	44	5	2	Pak	Srk	Leeds	16.06.83
3	1	SE Bond	10.0	2	23	6	1	NZl	Aus	PElizabeth	11.03.03
	2	B Lee	9.1	2	42	5	2	Aus	NZl	PElizabeth	11.03.03
4	1	ST Finn	10.0	0	71	5	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14.02.15
	2	MR Marsh	9.0	0	33	5	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

ST Finn {5 for 71} and MR Marsh {5 for 33} captured five wickets in this game to provide the ninth occasion of rival bowlers capturing five or more wickets in the annals of one day games

 

MR Marsh captured 5 for 33 in this game which was on his world cup debut. He became the 20^th bowler to capture four or more wickets on World Cup debut. The following table lists them

 

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DK Lillee	12.0	2	34	5	Aus	Pak	Leeds	07.06.75
2	BD Julien	12.0	3	20	4	Win	Srl	Manchester	07.06.75
3	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18.06.75
4	MA Holding	12.0	2	33	4	Win	Ind	Birmingham	09.06.79
5	DAG Fletcher	11.0	1	42	4	Zim	Aus	Nottingham	09.06.83
6	Abdul Qadir	12.0	4	21	4	Pak	NZl	Birmingham	11.06.83
7	WW Davis	10.3	0	51	7	Win	Aus	Leeds	11.06.83
8	CJ McDermott	10.0	0	56	4	Aus	Ind	Chennai	09.10.87
9	PA Strang	7.3	1	40	4	Zim	Win	Hyd-LBS	16.02.96
10	DW Fleming	9.0	0	36	5	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27.02.96
11	AD Mullally	10.0	1	37	4	Eng	Srl	Lord’s	14.05.99
12	NC Johnson	10.0	0	42	4	Zim	Ken	Taunton	15.05.99
13	DS Mohanty	10.0	0	56	4	Ind	Ken	Bristol	23.05.99
14	SK Warne	9.0	1	33	4	Aus	Pak	Lord’s	20.06.99
15	IJ Harvey	9.3	0	58	4	Aus	Pak	Johannesburg	11.02.03
16	A Codrington	9.0	3	27	5	Can	Ban	Durban	11.02.03
17	JM Anderson	10.0	1	25	4	Eng	Net	East London	16.02.03
18	MF Maharoof	7.0	1	23	4	Srl	Ber	Port of Spain	15.03.07
19	ST Finn	10.0	0	71	5	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14.02.15
20	MR Marsh	9.0	0	33	5	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

MR Marsh captured 5 for 33 in this game which was on his world cup debut. He became the seventh bowler to capture five or more wickets on World Cup debut. The following table lists them

 

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DK Lillee	12.0	2	34	5	Aus	Pak	Leeds	07.06.75
2	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18.06.75
3	WW Davis	10.3	0	51	7	Win	Aus	Leeds	11.06.83
4	DW Fleming	9.0	0	36	5	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27.02.96
5	A Codrington	9.0	3	27	5	Can	Ban	Durban	11.02.03
6	ST Finn	10.0	0	71	5	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14.02.15
7	MR Marsh	9.0	0	33	5	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

MR Marsh captured 5 for 33 in this game which was on his world cup debut. He became the fourth Australian bowler to capture five or more wickets on World Cup debut. The following table lists them

 

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DK Lillee	12.0	2	34	5	Aus	Pak	Leeds	07.06.75
2	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18.06.75
3	DW Fleming	9.0	0	36	5	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27.02.96
4	MR Marsh	9.0	0	33	5	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

Australia won this game by 111 runs to provide the 53rd occasion of a team winning a game by 100 plus runs in the World Cup. It also provides the ninth occasion of Australia winning a world cup game by 100 plus runs margin. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Australia	won	256 runs	v Namibia	Potchefstroom	27.02.03
2	Australia	won	229 runs	v Netherlands	Basseterre	18.03.07
3	Australia	won	215 runs	v New Zealand	St George’s	20.04.07
4	Australia	won	203 runs	v Scotland	Basseterre	14.03.07
5	Australia	won	162 runs	v India	Nottingham	13.06.83
6	Australia	won	128 runs	v Zimbabwe	Hobart	14.03.92
7	Australia	won	125 runs	v India	Johannesburg	23.03.03
8	Australia	won	111 runs	v England	Melbourne	14.02.15
9	Australia	won	103 runs	v West Indies	North Sound	27.03.07

 

JWA Taylor scored 98 not out in this game to provide the 48th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in the World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of an England batsman scoring a ninety in the World Cup. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	4s	6s	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	DI Gower	92*	6	4	1	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	15.06.83
2	GA Gooch	92	7	0	1	Eng	Win	Jaipur	26.10.87
3	RA Smith	91	8	2	1	Eng	Ind	Perth	22.02.92
4	PD Collingwood	90	8	3	1	Eng	Ire	Providence	30.03.07
5	IJL Trott	92	9	0	1	Eng	Ire	Bangalore	02.03.11
6	JWA Taylor	98*	11	2	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

AJ Finch scored 135 in this game to provide the 128th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup. It also provides the 23rd occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup

 

AJ Finch scored 135 in this game to provide the 70th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup. It also provides the 15th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup

 

IR Bell’s aggregate boundary fours in his one day career at the end of this game read 502. He became the second England batsman to score 500 plus boundary fours in one day games after ME Trescothick. ME Trescothik has an aggregate of 528 boundary fours in his one day career. IR Bell became the 51^st batsman in the annals of one day games to score 500 plus boundary fours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AJ Finch {135} and JWA Taylor {98 not out} scored a hundred and ninety in this game to provide the tenth occasion of rival batsmen scoring a hundred and a ninety in the World Cup. All such occasions are listed below

 

1	1	MD Crowe	97	NZl	Eng	The Oval	09.06.83
	2	AJ Lamb	102	Eng	NZl	The Oval	09.06.83
2	1	SR Tendulkar	90	Ind	Aus	Mumbai	27.02.96
	2	ME Waugh	126	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	27.02.96
3	1	RB Richardson	93*	Win	Aus	Jaipur	04.03.96
	2	RT Ponting	102	Aus	Win	Jaipur	04.03.96
4	1	SO Tikolo	96	Ken	Srl	Kandy	06.03.96
	2	PA de Silva	145	Srl	Ken	Kandy	06.03.96
5	1	SR Tendulkar	98	Ind	Pak	Centurion	01.03.03
	2	Saeed Anwar	101	Pak	Ind	Centurion	01.03.03
6	1	PA de Silva	92	Srl	Aus	Centurion	07.03.03
	2	RT Ponting	114	Aus	Srl	Centurion	07.03.03
7	1	AB de Villiers	92	RSA	Aus	Basseterre	24.03.07
	2	ML Hayden	101	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24.03.07
8	1	RR Sarwan	92	Win	RSA	St George’s	10.04.07
	2	AB de Villiers	146	RSA	Win	St George’s	10.04.07
9	1	G Gambhir	97	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	02.04.11
	2	MS Dhoni	91*	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	02.04.11
	3	M Jayawardene	103*	Srl	Ind	Mumbai	02.04.11
10	1	JWA Taylor	98*	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14.02.15
	2	AJ Finch	135	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

AJ Finch scored 135 in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred against England in the World Cup. It also provides the very first occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred against England in the World Cup. All the nine occasions of batsmen scoring a hundred against England in the World cup are listed below in the descending order of runs

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	IVA Richards	138*	1	Win	Eng	Lord’s	23.06.79
2	AJ Finch	135	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14.02.15
3	SR Tendulkar	120	1	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	27.02.11
4	RN ten Doeschate	119	1	Net	Eng	Nagpur	22.02.11
5	Rameez Raja	113	2	Pak	Eng	Karachi	20.10.87
6	KJ O’Brien	113	2	Ire	Eng	Bangalore	02.03.11
7	TM Dilshan	108*	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26.03.11
8	WU Tharanga	102*	2	Srl	Eng	Col-RPs	26.03.11
9	NJ Astle	101	1	NZl	Eng	Ahmedabad	14.02.96

 

AJ Finch’s 135 is the second best score by a batsman against England in the World Cup. The best score is credited to IVA Richards who had scored 138 not out at Lord’s on 23.06.09.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	IVA Richards	138*	1	Win	Eng	Lord’s	23.06.79
2	AJ Finch	135	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	14.02.15

 

JWA Taylor’s 98 not out in this game was on his world cup debut. He became the sixth England batsman to score a ninety in the World Cup and also the first England batsman to score a ninety against Australia in the World Cup. It also provides the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety against Australia in the World Cup