World Cup 2023: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh register multiple records as Australia thrash Pakistan

Hundreds from David Warner and Mitchell Marsh led Australia’s attack against Pakistan in a World Cup clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. The duo led from the start as Australia scored a massive 367 runs from nine wickets against a lacklustre Pakistan. World Cup 2023: News | Schedule | Results | Points table Warner struck his 21st ODI hundred, a 124-ball 163, and Marsh his second, a 108-ball 121, with the duo putting together 259 runs for the opening wicket in 203 balls and all but put the game past Pakistan. Shaheen Shah Afridi took five wickets but it was an otherwise timid display from rest of the Pakistan bowling. Warner, dropped on 10 and 105, made things count partnering Marsh and registered multiple records in the process.

Records broken during Australia’s batting: # It is the fourth instance of both openers scoring centuries in a World Cup game and the first for Australia # The stand of 259 between Warner and Marsh is the second-highest opening partnership in the competition’s history, and the best for Australia # It is Warner’s fourth consecutive ODI ton against Pakistan and the joint most by any player against a side in the format, equalling Virat Kohli (4 vs West Indies) # It is also Warner’s fifth hundred in the World Cup, equalling the most by an Australian, alongside Ricky Ponting # Marsh has become the sixth player to smash an ODI century on his birthday, besides being the first Aussie to do so. He is also the second birthday boy to strike a World Cup ton after Ross Taylor # With Warner and Marsh’s 200-plus partnership in the game, Australia have tied India for most such stands in the World Cup history (five occasions each) Most runs conceded on World Cup debut for Pakistan: 1/82 (9 overs)- Usama Mir vs AUS, Bengaluru, 2023 2/70 (10 overs) - Shaheen Afridi vs AUS, Taunton, 2019 2/63 (10 overs) - Shadab Khan vs ENG, Nottingham, 2019 1/63 (12 overs) - Sarfaraz Nawaz vs AUS, Leeds, 1975 Highest totals for Australia in World Cups: 417/6 vs AFG, Perth, 2015 381/5 vs BAN, Nottingham, 2019 377/6 vs SA, Basseterre, 2007 376/9 vs SL, Sydney, 2015 367/9 vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023 # Highest total against Pakistan in a World Cup - 367/9 today, surpassing the previous highest of 344/9 in Hyderabad during this tournament itself Most sixes in a World Cup innings 25 - England vs Afghanistan, Manchester, 2019 19 - West Indies vs Zimbabwe, Canberra, 2015 19 - Australia vs Pakistan, Bengaluru, 2023 18 - South Africa vs Netherlands, Basseterre, 2007 18 - India vs Bermuda, Port of Spain, 2007 Most sixes in a World Cup innings 17 - Eoin Morgan (ENG) vs AFG, Manchester, 2019 16 - Chris Gayle (WI) vs ZIM, Canberra, 2015 11 - Martin Guptill (NZ) vs WI, Wellington, 2015 9 - David Miller (SA) vs ZIM, Hamilton, 2015 9 - David Warner (AUS) vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023 9 - Mitchell Marsh (AUS) vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023 Highest individual scores for Australia in World Cups 178 - David Warner vs AFG, Perth, 2015 166 - David Warner vs BAN, Nottingham, 2019 163 - David Warner vs Pakistan, Bengaluru, 2023 158 - Matthew Hayden vs WI, North Sound, 2007 153 - Aaron Finch vs SL, The Oval, 2019