Perth, Australia (BBN)-Australia exhibited their might defeating Afghanistan by 275 runs in the 26th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Perth on Wednesday.
In terms of runs, it is Australia’s biggest ODI & World Cup win.
Narvy Afghanistan scored 142 runs losing all wickets in 37.3 overs in chase of 418, the highest World Cup record.
Earlier, the combined endeavor of Australia cricketers pushed their team to set the record 418 target in the 26th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia.
Australia scored 417 for six in 50 in their Pool A match.
Warner’s personal 178 post with Smith’s 95 and Maxwell’s 88 propelled Australia to break India’s record of highest World Cup score of 413.
In the beginning of the match, Afghanistan’s Dawlat Zadran removed Australia’s AJ Finch when he scored only four runs.
Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field first.
TEAM
Australia: DA Warner, AJ Finch, MJ Clarke*, SPD Smith, GJ Maxwell, MR Marsh, BJ Haddin†, JP Faulkner, MG Johnson, MA Starc, JR Hazlewood
Afghanistan: Javed Ahmadi, Usman Ghani, Nawroz Mangal, Asghar Stanikzai, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi*, Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai†, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran
BBN/AI/AS-04Mar15-7:00pm (BST)
