After 46 days and 48 matches, enormous totals, shock wins, heartbreaking losses, information and controversies, the Cricket World Cup ended on Sunday. Australia beat hosts India to earn a sixth one-day worldwide title. Opener Travis Head starred in the course of the last in Ahmedabad on Sunday by hitting a glowing 137 off 120 deliveries, powering Australia to a convincing six-wicket win. Head joined Ricky Ponting and Gilchrist because the third Australian to attain a century in a males’s World Cup last. Let’s have a take a look at 10 highlights from the 2023 event:
South Africa, Markram in quick lane
The event was simply two days previous when South Africa’s Aiden Markram smashed the quickest World Cup century off 49 balls towards Sri Lanka in New Delhi.
His workforce additionally entered the document books with the best ever event whole of 428 in a 102-run win.
Markram’s blitz bettered the 50 balls Eire’s Kevin O’Brien wanted to hit 100 towards England in Bengaluru in 2011.
Nonetheless, Markram mentioned he “would not be stunned” if his document was crushed by the top of the event. He was proved proper by Glenn Maxwell simply 18 days later.
Pakistan’s document chase
Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique made centuries as Pakistan chased down the best goal in World Cup historical past to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Hyderabad.
Rizwan overcame leg cramps to attain 131 not out whereas Shafique hit 113 as Pakistan overhauled their 345-run goal.
Sri Lanka’s imposing whole of 344-9 was constructed round lots of from Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama.
Afghanistan, Netherlands make mark
Afghanistan pulled off one of many best World Cup shocks once they defeated defending champions England by 69 runs in New Delhi.
Chasing 285 to win, after opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz had hit a blistering 80, England have been bowled out for 215 with spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan claiming three wickets every.
Eight days later in Chennai, Afghanistan chased down 283 to shock neighbours Pakistan with Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah and Gurbaz all scoring fifties.
In between, the Netherlands exploited South Africa’s dislike of chasing by beautiful the Proteas by 38 runs in what Dutch media described as “the miracle of Dharamsala”.
Report-breaker Maxwell — half 1
Maxwell took Markram’s quickest World Cup century document by hitting a 40-ball hundred in Australia’s 309-run rout of the Netherlands at New Delhi.
Australia made 399-8 earlier than the Dutch have been dismissed for simply 90 in 21 overs. Maxwell’s ton was additionally the fourth quickest century in all ODIs.
Australia, New Zealand run competition
Australia edged out New Zealand by simply 5 runs within the highest-scoring World Cup sport in historical past in Dharamsala.
Australia scored 388 as Travis Head top-scored with 109 and fellow opener David Warner made 81.
New Zealand battled exhausting with Rachin Ravindra making 116.
With a complete of 771 runs, it was the best scoring sport at a World Cup, beating the 754 scored in South Africa’s win towards Sri Lanka earlier within the event.
India add to Sri Lanka woes
Mohammed Shami took 5 wickets as Sri Lanka have been bowled out for simply 55 as India secured a semi-final place with a colossal 302-run win in Mumbai.
Sri Lanka’s woeful innings featured 5 noughts, with each their openers falling for golden geese as they flopped in pursuit of 358.
Timed-out controversy
Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews branded Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan as “disgraceful” after he turned the primary participant in 146 years of worldwide cricket to be given “timed out”.
Mathews was adjudged to be out after failing to take strike throughout the two-minute time restrict when he got here out to bat in New Delhi.
Shakib refused to withdraw the attraction.
“I needed to take a call to ensure that my workforce wins,” he mentioned.
Report-breaker Maxwell — half 2
Australia captain Pat Cummins described it as “the best one-day innings ever performed” as Glenn Maxwell’s beautiful 201 not out guided Australia into the semi-finals in a sensational three-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Mumbai.
At 91-7, chasing 292, Australia have been watching defeat earlier than Maxwell’s 128-ball innings which featured 21 fours and 10 sixes as he turned simply the third batsman to attain a World Cup double century.
He achieved the mark regardless of battling cramps and again spasms which meant he was diminished to hobbling tempo whereas Afghanistan have been left to rue Mujeeb Ur Rahman dropping a easy catch when Maxwell had made simply 33.
King Kohli
Virat Kohli scored a document fiftieth one-day worldwide hundred within the semi-final win towards New Zealand in Mumbai, hailing the landmark as being “like a dream”.
Kohli, 35, reached his century — his third of the event — with a two off quick bowler Lockie Ferguson, having confronted 106 balls, hitting eight fours and a six, to interrupt the document of 49 ODI lots of he had shared with Sachin Tendulkar.
He did so on his former India team-mate’s residence floor, with Tendulkar amongst these applauding on the Wankhede Stadium as Kohli bowed in direction of his childhood hero and fellow 2011 World Cup-winner.
Head breaks billion hearts
Opening batsman Travis Head hit 137 and took a spectacular catch to dismiss Rohit Sharma to steer Australia to a six-wicket win over India within the last for a sixth World Cup title.
India have been dismissed for 240 earlier than Australia reached their goal with seven overs to spare in entrance of over 90,000 followers in Ahmedabad.
“That is enormous, that is the top in cricket, profitable a World Cup, particularly right here in India, and these are the moments you bear in mind for the remainder of your life,” mentioned skipper Pat Cummins.
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