Perth, Australia (BBN)-The combined endeavor of Australia cricketers pushed their team towards the highest World Cup total against Afghanistan in Perth on Wednesday.
Australia scored 417 for six in 50 overs in the 26th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at their Pool A match in Australia.
Australia set #WorldCupRecord Photo: Getty Images
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
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