Australia vs New Zealand Highlights, WC 2023: Australia overcame New Zealand by five runs in a thrilling game to continue their winning run in the Cricket World Cup 2023 in Dharamsala on Saturday. Batting first, Australia amassed 388 and then stopped the Kiwis at 383 for nine in 50 overs. Travis Head smashed 109 off 67 balls in his first World Cup game and added 175 runs for the opening wicket with David Warner (81 off 65 balls). Glenn Maxwell (41), Jos Inglis (38) and Pat Cummins, who blasted 37 off only 14 balls, upped the ante towards the end. Glenn Phillips did an admirable job with the ball, ending with figures of 3 for 37 as his colleagues were taken to the cleaners. With the bat, centurion Rachin Ravindra top-scored for New Zealand with a counterattacking 116 off 89 balls.
Australia vs New Zealand Cricket World Cup 2023 Match Highlights
- 18:29 (IST)AUS vs NZ Live Score: Australia win!!!No run came off the final ball as Lockie Ferguson failed to get a big shot on it. Australia have won the game by 5 runs. What a thrilling finish this was! New Zealand came agonisingly close to winning the game but they fell short by a bare margin.
- 18:27 (IST)AUS vs NZ Live Score: Neesham is OUT!James Neesham has been run out! It was a full toss from Mitchell Starc and James Neesham failed to take advantage of it. A good fielding in the deep mid-wicket region saw Neesham getting run out while trying to return for the second run. New Zealand need 6 runs off the final ball with Lockie Ferguson in the crease.
- 17:16 (IST)AUS vs NZ Live Score: Ravindra nears 100Rachin Ravindra is standing like the last hope for New Zealand as he continues to deal in boundaries. In the previous over of Adam Zampa, he along with Glenn Phillips score 12 runs. Ravindra is currently batting at 94 and inching closer towards his century.
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- 15:53 (IST)AUS vs NZ Live Score: Mitchell on fireFOUR!!! Daryl Mitchell gets a boundary and a six off Adam Zampa's delivery. The boundary comes after the ball hits the thin edge and goes towards the fine leg for a four. The six comes after he hammers a shot towards the long-on as the ball goes sailing over the fence.
- 15:25 (IST)AUS vs NZ Live Score: OUTOUT!!! Josh Hazlewood provides Australia with their second breakthrough as he dismissed Will Young for 32. The ball hits the inside edge and travels straight towards the fine leg, where Mitchell Starc once again takes a brilliant catch. Second wicket gone for New Zealand.
- 15:03 (IST)AUS vs NZ Live Score: FOURFOUR!!! Devon Conway is on fire as he smashes two more boundaries off Pat Cummins' delivery. The first one comes after he moves towards the leg side and hammers a shot through the covers. The second one comes after he hammers it hard towards the short fine leg as the ball goes past the boundary line.
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- 14:11 (IST)Australia vs New Zealand Live Score: Australia 388 all outAustralia have been bundled out for 388 against New Zealand in 49.2 overs. For Australia, Travis Head scored 109 while David Warner scored 81. Apart from them, Glenn Maxwell also hammered 41 runs. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips and Trent Boult scalped three wickets while Mitchell Santner took two wickets.