Australia defeated West Indies by 15 runs in an thrilling match played at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Aussies all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile and Mitchell Starc have played a significant role in this victory for Australia.
Coulter-Nile played a unbelievable knock 92 runs, while Starc took 5 wickets and took the team home. This is Australia’s second consecutive win and now they have moved to second place in the points table.
1. Mitchell Starc completed his 150th wicket in ODIs after taking the wicket of Jason Holder. He became the fastest bowler to take 150 wickets in 77 matches. He broke the record of Saqlain Mushtaq who completed 150 wickets in 78 matches.
2. Nathan Coulter-Nile (92) scored his first half-century of his ODI career. Along with this, he also became the player to score the highest score playing below 7th position in the World Cup.
3. Chris Gayle completes his 1000 runs in the World Cup and the third player of the West Indies to do so after Brian Lara (1225) and Vivian Richards (1013). With this, Gayle (1015) has come second in the World Cup in terms of making the most runs for the West Indies.
4. Michael Starc took 5 wickets in his one-day career for the sixth time in a ODI match. In addition, he has taken 5 wickets for the second time in the World Cup, and became the sixth bowler after Gary Gilmour, Asantha de Mel, Glenn McGrath, Drakes and Shahid Afridi to achieve this record.
5. Australia have lost four wickets under 50 runs in World Cup history on 5 occasions and interestingly each time they have won the match.
6. Andre Russell completed 1000 runs in the 45th innings, making him the 37th player of the West Indies. Apart from this he has became the fastest player to complete 1000 runs in case of balls.