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Black Caps rewrite record books in Champions Trophy win
New Zealand achieved a satisfying and record-breaking opening round win in the ICC Champions Trophy when beating the United States by 210 runs at the Oval today.
Spearheaded by Nathan Astle, who scored his 14th ODI century to bat through the innings and finish on 145, New Zealand reached their second-highest total in ODIs when scoring 347 for four wickets. It was an outstanding effort by the Black Caps, even against the limited opposition.
The list of records included:
347 is a record score in Champions Trophy history.
145 to Nathan Astle is his highest score in ODIs and the second highest by a New Zealander.
210 is the highest winning margin by a New Zealand team. It beat the margins of:
206 v Australia, Adelaide 1985-86
181 v East Africa, Birmingham 1975
167 v Bangladesh, Colombo 2002-03
161 v Bangladesh, Sharjah 1989-90
21 balls for Craig McMillan's 50 equalled Lance Cairns v Australia at Melbourne in 1982-83.
Coming out of the New Zealand winter, and without most of the top-order having had lengthy stays at the crease during warm-up games, it was an effort that was sensibly compiled after the USA opening attack confined New Zealand to 58 for two wickets in the first 15 overs.
New Zealand were asked to bat first after a delayed start and the strictly medium-pace USA bowlers were able to gain disconcerting swing that demanded attention before a scoring assault could be launched. Stephen Fleming (15) and Hamish Marshall (11) were early victims when attempting to put the pressure back on the bowlers.
But Astle, in his most complete innings since returning from knee surgery last summer, was joined by Scott Styris in a 163-run third-wicket stand that put New Zealand solidly on track to dominate. Styris scored 75 off 78 balls and when he was out, Chris Cairns added three. But then Craig McMillan joined Astle for 46 balls of absolute mayhem.
In that time they scored 136 runs! McMillan raced to 50 off 21 balls, equalling Lance Cairns' New Zealand record in ODIs. By the 50-over mark, McMillan had scored 64 off 27 balls with seven sixes and two fours. Astle's 145 was scored off 151 balls and included 13 fours and six sixes.
The USA batsmen started quickly, reaching 52 in only nine overs. But then they ran into Jacob Oram who took three wickets in five balls, and when Chris Cairns took a wicket in the next over, the USA had lost four wickets in eight balls. That was effectively the end of the match as the USA limped through to 137 in 42.4 overs.
Oram ended with five wickets for 39 from 9.4 overs while Daniel Vettori took three for 14 from his 10 overs.
Scoreboard
ICC Champions Trophy 2004
New Zealand v United States of America,
The Oval, London
September 10, 2004
Toss: United States of America
New Zealand
*SP Fleming c Romero b Reid 15 19 22 3 0
NJ Astle not out 145 177 151 13 6
HJH Marshall c Desai b Romero 11 23 20 1 0
SB Styris c Aijaz Ali b Staple 75 90 78 8 0
CL Cairns c sub (DL Blake) b Staple 3 6 5 0 0
CD McMillan not out 64 30 27 2 7
Extras (lb 10, w 21, nb 3) 34
Total (for four wickets) 347
DNB: JDP Oram, +BB McCullum, CZ Harris, DL Vettori, DR Tuffey.
Fall: 1-25 (Fleming, 5.6 ov), 2-43 (Marshall, 12.4 ov), 3-206 (Styris, 40.2 ov), 4-211 (Cairns, 42.2 ov).
Bowling:
HR Johnson 7 1 43 0 (3nb)
Reid 10 0 37 1 (2w)
Romero 4 0 52 1 (2w)
Lambert 10 0 66 0 (2w)
Rashid Zia 9 1 63 0
Staple 10 0 76 2 (1w)
United States of America
RP Alexander lbw b Oram 26 64 47 3 0
+MR Johnson c McCullum b Oram 20 39 18 3 0
LC Romero c Styris b Oram 0 2 2 0 0
SJ Massiah c McCullum b Oram 0 2 2 0 0
*RW Staple lbw b Cairns 0 3 1 0 0
CB Lambert c Cairns b Vettori 39 88 84 4 1
JH Desai lbw b Vettori 16 43 38 1 0
Aijaz Ali c Styris b Harris 4 8 5 1 0
Rashid Zia c Cairns b Oram 8 38 41 2 0
CA Reid b Vettori 6 12 12 1 0
HR Johnson not out 0 4 5 0 0
Extras (lb 3, w 15) 18
Total 137
Fall: 1-52 (MR Johnson, 9.1 ov), 2-52 (Romero, 9.3 ov), 3-52 (Massiah, 9.5 ov), 4-55 (Staple, 10.1 ov), 5-63 (Alexander, 13.5 ov), 6-99 (Desai, 27.5 ov), 7-114 (Aijaz Ali, 30.1 ov), 8-122 (Lambert, 37.2 ov), 9-132 (Reid, 41.1 ov), 10-137 (Rashid Zia, 42.4 ov).
Bowling:
Tuffey 8 0 39 0 (4w)
Oram 9.4 1 36 5 (5w)
Cairns 5 0 16 1 (3w)
Harris 10 2 29 1
Vettori 10 3 14 3 (1w)
I watched the whole of New Zealands innings man the last 7 overs where the best cricket i had ever seen they went beserk
