Saturday’s doubleheader will see the re-run of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 final which took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and New Zealand. It was Australia who made history by winning the coveted Cup for the fifth time by taming New Zealand in the finals.
Now, it is time for the 37th match of this edition of World Cup which will be played at the ‘Mecca’ of Cricket i.e. the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. As far as the points table is concerned, Australia is leading the way with 6 wins from 7 matches, whereas, New Zealand are placed at the third position with 5 wins and a loss from 7 games.
New Zealand: Finalists in the 2015 edition.
Australia: Champions in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2015 edition.
Australia vs New Zealand
Venue: Lord’s, London
Time: June 29, 06:00 PM
Matches: 132
Australia won: 89
New Zealand won: 39
Tied: 00
No result: 04
Dry and sunny weather is what Lord’s is offering on Saturday with some humidity as well. Batting first has been easy here as the teams batting first here have won the last three ODIs here. It is definitely going to be a good day to bat.
Matches: 73
Won batting first: 30 (43%)
Won batting second: 40 (57%)
No Result: 03
Highest Total: 398/5 (50 Ov) by NZ vs ENG, June 12, 2015
Lowest Total: 103/10 (41 Ov) by ENG vs SA, May 22, 1999
300+ Totals: 25
400+ Totals: 00
Australia – Unchanged
New Zealand – Sodhi for Henry & Henry Nicholls for Colin Munro
Australia: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey
New Zealand: Henry Nicholls, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Jimmy Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Tom Latham, Trent Boult.
Kane Williamson
Ross Taylor
Trent Boult
Lockie Ferguson
Aaron Finch
David Warner
Mitchell Starc
Steven Smith
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