THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 Highest team totals PERTH: Highest team totals in one-day internationals after Australia made 417-6 against Afghanistan yesterday, seventh overall and the biggest total in a World Cup match: 443-9 - Sri Lanka v Netherlands, Amstelveen, 2006 439-2 - South Africa v West Indies, Johannesburg, 2015 438-9 - South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg, 2006 434-4 - Australia v South Africa, Johannesburg, 2006 418-5 - South Africa v Zimababwe, Potchefstroom, 2006 418-5 - India v West Indies, Indore, 2011 417-6 - Australia v Afghanistan, Perth, 2015 (World Cup) 414-7 - India v Sri Lanka, Rajkot, 2009 413-5 - India v Bermuda, Port of Spain, 2007 (World Cup) 411-8 - Sri Lanka v India Rajkot, 2009 411-4 - South Africa v Ireland, Canberra, 2015 (World Cup) 408-5 - South Africa v West Indies, Sydney, 2015 (World Cup) 404-5 - India v Sri Lanka, Kolkata, 2014 402-2 - New Zealand v Ireland, Aberdeen, 2008 401-3 - India v South Africa, Gwalior, 2010 Preview Bangladesh sense their time has come NELSON: Fired up Bangladesh sense a last eight when they finished the group World Cup quarter-final berth will be one stage ahead of India. They lie third in the match away by close of play in Nelson Pool A table, ahead of Australia on run rate, today as they prepare to play a disconso- and know they are assured of a quarter- late Scotland. final berth if they win two of their last three PERTH: Afghanistan’s Shapoor Zadran reacts after being dismissed during their Cricket World Cup Pool A match against Australia. —AP Both sides are coming off a seven-day games against winless Scotland, misfiring break following losses but their attitudes England and unbeaten New Zealand. are polar opposites heading into the Pool A “I think they are desperate to play a very Australia rout Afghanistan encounter. big game for Bangladesh,” fielding coach While Bangladesh are talking up the Richard Halsall said. “The great thing is we future despite being thrashed by Sri Lanka, win two out of the next three games, we PERTH: Australia hit the highest World Cup score mid-off from the bowling of Dawlat Zadran (2-101) get any easier for Afghanistan as they face unbeat- Scotland are weighed down by the past are through to the quarter-finals. So they in tournament history yesterday as they thrashed in the 48th over. Australia face Sri Lanka at the SCG en New Zealand on the same day at Napier in a bid where their loss to Afghanistan a week ago are genuinely excited.” Afghanistan by a record 275 runs, a result which in their next match on Sunday, while things don’t to add to their lone win against Scotland. —AFP made them the worst performing side in The margin of Bangladesh’s loss to Sri was also the greatest winning margin in tourna- World Cup history. Lanka was exaggerated by a sub-standard ment history. The home team made 417-6 at the They were devastated to lose to the fielding performance which included five WACA led by opener David Warner’s 178-run blitz, SCOREBOARD tournament newcomers after having spilled catches as the Sri Lankans raced to his fourth one-day international century and his Afghanistan on the ropes at 97-7 chasing 332-1. country’s highest individual World Cup score as PERTH, Australia: Scoreboard in the World Cup Pool A match between Australia and Afghanistan at the WACA 211 and letting them steal victory with But there was some solidity with the bat the four-time champions went past the previous Ground yesterday: three balls to spare. where Sabbir Rahman scored 53, Shakib Al best of 413-5 made by India against Bermuda in Australia Usman Ghani c Faulkner b Johnson 12 “It’s going to be a huge challenge for us Hasan 46 and Mushfiqur Rahim 36. 2007. It was the third 400-plus total at this World D. Warner c Nabi b Shapoor 178 Nawroz Mangal c Finch b Johnson 33 to respond to this,” said skipper Preston In their 105-run win over Afghanistan to Cup after South Africa twice went through the bar- A. Finch c Nawroz b Dawlat 4 Asghar Stanikzai c Smith b Johnson 4 S. Smith c Najib b Shapoor 95 Samiullah Shenwari c Johnson b Clarke 17 Mommsen as he considered the erratic per- start their World Cup, Rahim scored 71 and rier — 408-5 against the West Indies and 411-4 in G. Maxwell c Nabi b Dawlat 88 Mohammad Nabi c Clarke b Maxwell 2 formances from his side. Hasan 63 while their other match against the game with Ireland. J. Faulkner b Hassan 7 “We know Bangladesh are a side we’re Australia was washed out. In reply, Afghanistan could manage just 142 M. Marsh c Najib b Nawroz 8 Najib Zadran b Starc 24 Afsar Zazai c Haddin b Hazlewood 10 capable of beating. We’ve played good Scotland have suffered from inconsis- from 37.3 overs, although Nawroz Mangal, who B. Haddin not out 20 Extras: (b2, lb5, w7, nb3) 17 Dawlat Zadran b Starc 0 cricket in parts in the first three games, but tency in their losses to New Zealand, top-scored with 33, gave their smattering of fans Total: (for 6 wickets, 50 overs) 417 Hamid Hassan c Warner b Johnson 7 not for long enough.” England and Afghanistan which have left at the ground something to cheer about when he Did not bat: M. Clarke, M. Johnson, M. Starc, J. Shapoor Zadran not out 0 Losing to Afghanistan left the Scots with them languishing at the bottom of their hit Mitchell Marsh for successive sixes. Hazlewood Extras (b4, lb5, w10, nb1) 20 the unwelcome record of having been pool. Johnson did much of the damage to claim 4-22 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Finch), 2-274 (Warner), 3-339 Total (all out, 37.3 overs) 142 (Smith), 4-382 (Faulkner), 5-390 (Maxwell), 6-417 Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Usman), 2-32 (Javed), 3-46 beaten in all 11 matches they have played Kyle Coetzer’s lone hand 71 against from 7.3 overs. Fellow left-armer Mitchell Starc (Marsh). in three World Cups, overtaking the England is by far the Scots’ top score in the continued his amazing vein of World Cup form Bowling: Dawlat 10-1-101-2 (2nb, 3w), Shapoor 10-0- (Asghar), 4-94 (Samiullah), 5-94 (Nawroz), 6-103 (Nabi), Netherlands who suffered 10 consecutive tournament with Matt Machan (56) and with 2-18 and has 10 wickets in the World Cup at 89-2 (1nb, 2w), Hassan 10-0-70-1 (1w), Nabi 10-0-84-0 7-131 (Najib), 8-131 (Dawlat), 9-140 (Afsar), 10-142 defeats. Richie Berrington (50), both against New just 9.3 runs apiece. Australia were sent in to bat (1w), Samiullah 5-0-34-0, Javed 4-0-18-0, Nawroz 1-0- (Hamid) 14-1 Bowling: Starc 6-0-18-2, Hazlewood 8-1-25-2 (3w), The future does not look too bright for Zealand, the only other players to post half- by Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi, a deci- Johnson 7.3-0-22-4 (5w), Clarke 5-0-14-1, Marsh 3-0-25- Scotland either for if they fail to beat centuries. Neither side has impressed with sion greeted by a chorus of cheers from the crowd, Afghanistan 0 (1w), Faulkner 4-0-8-0 (1nb, 1w), Maxwell 4-1-21-1. Bangladesh then they have Sri Lanka and the ball apart from Scotland’s Josh Davey and then tormented the minnows. Javed Ahmadi c Clarke b Hazlewood 13 Result: Australia won by 275 runs. Australia to come and the record could bal- who has an impressive nine wickets from There was a surprise at the toss, with experi- loon out to 0-14. three outings. enced all-rounder Shane Watson dropped to allow Bangladesh, meanwhile, are upbeat Against Afghanistan, Berrington took James Faulkner to return after a side strain, but the despite losing to Sri Lanka by 92 runs. four for 40 for Scotland while Bangladesh’s onslaught that followed was extremely pre- Having been eliminated in pool play in Mashrafe Morgaza took three for 20, while dictable. The dashing Warner led the way and Tendulkar calls for three of the previous World Cups they have Scotland’s Iain Wardlaw claimed three for accelerated markedly after reaching three figures contested, they now believe they can emu- 57 against New Zealand in the only other from 92 balls. Dropped on 114, the left-hander late their 2007 achievement of making the performances of note. —AFP seemed set to compound Watson’s misery by pass- 25-team World Cup ing his Australian ODI record of 185 not out against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2011 only to sky a SYDNEY: Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar yes- these countries and play them on a regular basis. delivery to mid-on from the bowling of Shapoor terday blasted proposals to slash the 2019 World “And see, not just 14 teams, but how can we Zadran (2-89). He had faced 133 balls, hitting 19 Cup to just 10 nations, describing it as “a back- get to 25 teams participating in the next World fours and five sixes. Warner’s assault on the hap- ward step” and suggesting the tournament be Cup?” “It is not just about the top six or seven less Afghan bowlers brought back memories of expanded to 25 teams. Tendulkar, an ambassa- sides. If we are to globalise this game we have to Matthew Hayden plundering a weak Zimbabwe dor for the World Cup on behalf of the get more and more people excited about cricket attack for an Australian Test record 380 at the same International Cricket Council said the ICC should and the fan following only follows the result.” venue in 2003.