DHARAMSALA, India — Mitchell Starc held his nerve and defended 19 off the last over as Australia beat New Zealand in a record-scoring affair at the Cricket World Cup on Saturday.
James Neesham bludgeoned a quickfire half-century to bring the Kiwis to the cusp of an epic victory but was run out on the penultimate ball of the game as the Black Caps fell narrowly short of chasing down Australia’s 388 of 49.2 overs.
Opting to bat in the final match at Dharamsala, Australia made a flying start to its innings. The Head-Warner partnership amassed 50 runs in only 4.1 overs. At the end of 10 overs, the duo had crossed 118-0 — just one run short of the record for first powerplay in World Cups. It was an important marker as New Zealand found the breathing space to fight back. Australia lost its 10 wickets for 213 runs, after the Warner-Head stand came to an end.
Inglis and Pat Cummins added 62 off 22 balls and provided late impetus to the Australian innings. They had some help — both batsmen were dropped — rounding out a poor day in the field for the Black Caps with five catches dropped overall. Ravindra took center stage thereafter as he notched up a chanceless hundred. He put up two crucial partnerships — 96 for the third wicket with Daryl Mitchell and another 54 for the fourth with Tom Latham.
The equation came down to 32 off 12 as Labuschagne spilled a six in the penultimate over. Hazlewood bowled dots for the final two deliveries as the pressure piled on.
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