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New Zealand won the inaugural match of the ODI World Cup 2023 against the defending champion England convincingly by 9 wickets with the help of a brilliant 200-plus run unbeaten partnership from Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra. Talking about this game, New Zealand winning the toss invited England to bat first and restricted them to a total of 282/9 in 50 overs with Joe Root top scoring for the team with 77 runs, while Matt Henry picked 3 wickets with the ball respectively.
The New Zealand team chased down 283 runs from just 36.1 overs with both the Kiwi batters Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra scoring centuries in their maiden ODI World Cup game itself. New Zealand didn't face any setback in the run chase despite losing Will Young for a golden duck to Sam Curran in 2nd over of the innings itself.
Numbers and Stats from ENG vs NZ game:
1 - For the first time two New Zealand batters have scored centuries in a men's ODI World Cup match.
1 - Joe Root became the first batsman to score 1000-plus runs (1048) for England against New Zealand in ODIs.
3 - New Zealand team have won all three ODI matches that they have played at the Ahmedabad venue.
New Zealand team ODI results at Ahmedabad venue:
Beat England by 11 runs in the 1996 WC
Beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the 2011 WC
Beat England by 9 wickets in 2023 WC
11 - England became the first team in ODI history where all 11 batsmen from their team were seen registering a double-digit score in a single innings.
Scores of English batsman in this game against New Zealand:
Jonny Bairstow - 33
Dawid Malan - 14
Joe Root - 77
Harry Brook - 25
Moeen Ali - 11
Jos Buttler - 43
Liam Livingstone - 20
Sam Curran - 14
Chris Woakes - 11
Adil Rashid - 15*
Mark Wood - 13*
23 - Rachin Ravindra became the youngest batsman to smash a century for New Zealand in the ODI World Cup.
Youngest batsman to smash a century for New Zealand in ODI World Cup:
Rachin Ravindra - 23 yrs & 321 d vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
Nathan Astle - 24 yrs & 152 d vs England in Ahmedabad, 1996
Chris Harris - 26 yrs & 112 d vs Australia in Chennai, 1996
Youngest to score a century in ODI World Cup debut game:
Virat Kohli - 22 yrs & 106 d vs Bangladesh in Mirpur, 2011
Andy Flower - 23 yrs & 301 days vs Sri Lanka in New Plymouth, 1992
Rachin Ravindra - 23 yrs & 321 days vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
82 - New Zealand won this game by 9 wickets with 82 balls to be spared.
Biggest margin of win by a team in the ODI World Cup while chasing 250 runs (or) more in terms of balls left:
New Zealand - 82b vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
India - 79b vs Ireland in Hamilton, 2015
Bangladesh - 51b vs West Indies in Taunton, 2019
Biggest margin of win by a team in ODIs while chasing 250 runs (or) more in terms of balls left:
South Africa - 123b vs West Indies in Potchefstroom, 2023
England - 95b vs Sri Lanka in Birmingham, 2016
Kenya - 86b vs Netherlands in Lincoln, 2014
South Africa - 82b vs Australia in Centurion, 2016
New Zealand - 82b vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
152 - Devon Conway has scored 152 runs in his ODI World Cup debut game.
Highest Score by a batsman in an ODI World Cup debut match:
Gary Kirsten - 188* vs UAE in Rawalpindi, 1996
Craig Wishart - 172* vs Namibia in Harare, 2003
Glenn Turner - 171* vs East Africa in Birmingham, 1975
Devon Conway - 152* vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
Andrew Symonds - 143* vs Pakistan in Johannesburg, 2003
273 - Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway recorded a 273-run partnership for the 2nd wicket in this game.
Highest Partnership by a batting pair in ODI World Cup for 2nd (or) lower wicket:
Chris Gayle-Marlon Samuels: 372 vs Zimbabwe in Canberra, 2015
Rahul Dravid-Sourav Ganguly: 318 vs Sri Lanka in Taunton, 1999
Devon Conway-Rachin Ravindra: 273* vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
Highest Partnership for New Zealand in Men's ODI World Cup:
Devon Conway-Rachin Ravindra: 273* vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
Lee Germon-Chris Harris: 168 vs Australia in Chennai, 1996
Martin Guptill-Brendon McCullum: 166* vs Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad, 2011
For the first time, a New Zealand pair has recorded a 200-plus run partnership for any wicket in the ODI World Cup.
Highest Partnership for New Zealand in Men's ODI:
Brendon McCullum-James Marshall: 274 vs Ireland in Aberdeen, 2008
Devon Conway-Rachin Ravindra: 273* vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
Grant Elliott-Luke Ronchi: 267* vs Sri Lanka in Dunedin, 2015