Tournament hosts New Zealand and Australia returned to action on Day 23 of Cricket World Cup 2015, and it proved to be a fruitful day for both sides as they chalked up routine victories against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, respectively.
The Black Caps won their opening four matches without really needing to break a sweat, and they continued in that vein against the tournament minnows.
After bowling Afghanistan out for 186, New Zealand chased the total down with all of 83 balls remaining for their fifth win out of five.
Daniel Vettori stole the show with an emphatic 4/18 haul with the ball, moving him into the top-five wicket-takers for the tournament.
There, he joins teammates Tim Southee and Trent Boult , the latter of whom added three dismissals to his tournament totals against the Afghans.
Australia then followed in their neighbours’ footsteps with a 64-run victory against Sri Lanka at the SGC , with batting brilliance taking centre stage throughout.
Glenn Maxwell slogged his way to 102 from just 53 balls in one of the tournament’s best innings before Kumar Sangakkara wrote his name into the history books.
The Sri Lankan chalked up his third consecutive century of the competition with a 104 and, in doing so, made his 14,000th ODI run.
Sangakkara ’s fantastic knock also put him on top of the run-scorers table with 372 in this World Cup, 54 runs clear of South Africa’s AB de Villiers .
Read on for full competition statistics, as well as an in-depth look at the movers and shakers on Day 23.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1x71AOS
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