Earning the latest bragging rights against their oldest rivals, Australia beat England by 33 runs in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 clash in Ahmedabad on Saturday, November 4. With the win, their fifth consecutive one in the tournament, the Aussies effectively knocked out defending Champions England, thus ending their title defence in the group stage itself. (Highlights | Scorecard | Match Report)
Chasing Australia's target of 287, England were all out for 253. In-form leg-spinner Adam Zampa produced a remarkable spell, returning magical figures of 10-21-3 that broke the back of the English batting in the middle overs, and gave them no chance of mounting a strong enough challenge.
This was England's sixth loss in the seven games they have played. The 2019 ODI World Cup winners have looked a pale shadow of the team from four years ago, and are placed at the bottom of the points table currently. They need to win both their remaining games to end in the top seven, which will give a spot in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
With that, here's a look at the all key stats and numbers from match 36 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 between Australia and England:
- England won the toss and elected to field first to provide the 253rd occasion of a team doing so in the World Cup. It also provides the 29th occasion of England doing so in the World Cup.
- Australia lost the toss and were asked to bat first in this game to provide the 253rd occasion of a team inserted by the opposition in the World Cup. It also provides the 28th occasion of Australia being inserted by the opposition in the World Cup
- Australia were dismissed for 286 in this game to provide the 339th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the ODI World Cup. It also provides the 23rd occasion of Australia dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup.
- Australia were dismissed for 286 in this game to provide the 150th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup when a team has batted first. It also provides the 12th occasion of Australia dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup when it has batted first
Australia were dismissed for 286 and England were dismissed for 253 in this game to provide the 24th occasion of both the teams dismissed all out in an match in the World Cup
- Steve Smith’s 44 in this game fetched him an aggregate of 1039 runs in the World Cup. He became the 26th batter to aggregate 1000-plus runs in the World Cup. He became the fifth Australian batter to accomplish such a feat. Others are – Ricky Ponting (1743), David Warner (1420), Adam Gilchrist (1085) and Mark Waugh (1004)
- Chris Woakes captured four for 54 in this game to provide the 240th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 24th occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in an innings in the World Cup.
- Chris Woakes’s four for 54 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 50th occasion of a bowler’s four or more wickets in a losing cause in the World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of an England bowler capturing four or more wickets in a losing cause in the World Cup.
- Jonny Bairstow with first ball ducks on three occasions as an opening batter owns the record for most first-ball ducks by an opening batter in the World Cup.
| No. | Player | Runs | Balls Faced | Innings | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Jonny Bairstow | 0 | 1 | 1 | South Africa | The Oval | 30-May-19 |
| 2 | Jonny Bairstow | 0 | 1 | 2 | Sri Lanka | Leeds | 21-Jun-19 |
| 3 | Jonny Bairstow | 0 | 1 | 2 | Australia | Ahmedabad | 04-Nov-23 |
- England lost their first wicket without a run on the board in this game while batting second, to provide the 30th occasion of a team losing their first wicket without a run on the board while batting second. It also provides the fourth occasion of England being in such a circumstance in the World Cup while batting second. It also provides England’s second such occasion against Australia. The first occasion was at Lord’s on 25 June, 2019
- Dawid Malan was dismissed for an exact 50 in this game to provide the 41st occasion of a batter dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of an England batter dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings in the World Cup.
- Dawid Malan was dismissed for an exact 50 in this game to provide the 12th occasion of an opening batter dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an England opening batter dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings in the World Cup.
Stats courtesy: HR Gopala Krishna – Veteran cricket statistician
