Australia defeated the Netherlands by a huge margin of 309 runs in the ODI World Cup 2023 with the help of brilliant centuries from David Warner, and Glenn Maxwell and a four-wicket haul from Adam Zampa respectively. Initially, Australia winning the toss opted to bat first and posted a huge total of 399/8 in 50 overs as Glenn Maxwell went on to destroy the bowlers in the death overs with the help of an excellent foundation laid by top-order batters like Warner, Labuschagne and Smith respectively.
The Netherlands were never in contention to chase 400 runs as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and finally got bundled out for a total of just 90 runs in a span of 21 overs with Vikramjit Singh top-scoring for their side. Among Australian bowlers, Zampa was seen picking a four-wicket haul and Mitchell Marsh picked two wickets, while others like Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins picked one wicket to their name respectively.
Numbers and Stats from AUS vs NED game:
2 - Only for the second time in an ODI World Cup game two (or) more batters were seen outscoring an opposition team.
Instances of two (or) more batters outscoring an opposition in the ODI World Cup:
Australia vs Namibia in Potchefstroom, 2003
Australia vs Netherlands in Delhi, 2023
In the Australia vs Namibia game - Matthew Hayden (88), Andrew Symonds (59) & Darren Lehmann (50*) outscored the opposition team Namibia (45).
In the Australia vs Netherlands game - David Warner (104) & Glenn Maxwell (106) outscored the opposition team Netherlands (90).
3 - Adam Zampa has taken three consecutive four-wicket haul in ODI World Cups.
Bowlers to take most consecutive four-wicket haul in ODI WC:
Shahid Afridi - 3 in 2011 WC
Mohammed Shami - 3 in 2019 WC
Adam Zampa - 3 in 2023 WC
6 - David Warner has smashed his sixth century in the ODI World Cup.
Most Centuries by a batsman in ODI World Cup:
Rohit Sharma - 7
Sachin Tendulkar - 6
David Warner - 6
Warner equalled Sachin Tendulkar for smashing the most centuries in the ODI World Cup.
8 - Glenn Maxwell has smashed 8 sixes in today's game.
Most Sixes smashed by a batsman for Australia in the ODI World Cup:
David Warner - 9 vs Pakistan in Bengaluru, 2023
Mitchell Marsh - 9 vs Pakistan in Bengaluru, 2023
Ricky Ponting - 8 vs India in Johannesburg, 2003 (Finals)
Adam Gilchrist - 8 vs Sri Lanka in Bridgetown, 2007 (Finals)
Glenn Maxwell - 8 vs Netherlands in Delhi, 2023
Most Sixes by a batsman for Australia in the ODI World Cup:
Ricky Ponting - 31
Glenn Maxwell - 31
David Warner - 30
Aaron Finch - 24
Matthew Hayden - 23
40 - Glenn Maxwell recorded the fastest century in ODI World Cup history from just 40 balls.
Read More: Check out the batters list of who has smashed the fastest century in ODI World Cups here
56 - Mitchell Starc has taken 56 wickets in the ODI World Cup.
Most wickets taken by a bowler in ODI World Cup:
Glenn McGrath - 71
Muralitharan - 68
Lasith Malinga - 56
Mitchell Starc - 56
Wasim Akram - 55
90 - Netherlands have recorded their lowest total in ODI World Cups.
The lowest total for the Netherlands in ODIs:
80 vs West Indies in Dublin, 2007
86 vs Sri Lanka in Colombo(RPS), 2002
90 vs Australia in Delhi, 2023 World Cup
115 - Bas de Leede has recorded the worst-ever bowling spell (2/115) for conceding the most runs in ODI history.
Most runs conceded by a bowler in an ODI inning:
Bas de Leede - 2/115 vs Australia in Delhi, 2023 World Cup
Mick Lewis - 0/113 vs South Africa in Johannesburg, 2006
Adam Zampa - 0/113 vs South Africa in Centurion, 2023
Wahab Riaz - 0/110 vs England in Nottingham, 2016
Rashid Khan - 0/110 (9) vs England in Manchester, 2019 World Cup
309 - Australia defeated Netherlands by 309 runs which remains to be the biggest-ever win margin in ODI World Cup history.
Biggest margin of win (by runs) in ODI history:
India - 317 vs Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram, 2023
Australia - 309 vs Netherlands in Delhi, 2023 World Cup
Zimbabwe - 304 vs USA in Harare, 2023
Australia are the only team to beat an opposition by 300-plus runs in ODI WC history.
399 - Australia posted a total of 399/8 in 50 overs.
The highest total for Australia in the ODI World Cup:
417/6 vs Afghanistan in Perth, 2015
399/8 vs Netherlands in Delhi, 2023
381/5 vs Bangladesh in Nottingham, 2019
