- Tim Southee picked up 7/33, the best haul by a New Zealand bowler in ODIs.
- Brendon McCullum scored a fifty off 18 balls, the fastest in World Cup history.
- England have not defeated New Zealand in a World Cup since 1983.
Swing and pace are the prime weapons for a bowler. Combine accuracy and consistency and the bowler becomes unplayable. Tim Southee produced a display that reflected all the factors above and blew England away in the Group A clash of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup game at the Westpac stadium in Wellington. Southee's final match-haul of 9-0-33-7 gave New Zealand victory by eight wickets with 226 balls to spare and this New Zealand's fourth consecutive World Cup win against England. The performance by Southee broke several records and this table highlights the achievements.
BEST BOWLING FIGURES FOR NEW ZEALAND IN ODIsNAME MATCH HAUL OPPOSITION GROUND DATE TIM SOUTHEE 9-0-33-7 ENGLAND WELLINGTON 20-02-2015 SHANE BOND 9-3-19-6 INDIA BULAWAYO 26-08-2005 SHANE BOND 10-2-23-6 AUSTRALIA PORT ELIZABETH 11-03-2003 SCOTT STYRIS 7-0-25-6 WEST INDIES PORT OF SPAIN 12-07-2002 DANIEL VETTORI 6-2-5-7 BANGLADESH QUEENSTOWN 31-12-2007 Southee stands tall in the list and his haul of 7/33 is the best by a New Zealand bowler in ODIs, beating the previous record of 6/19 held by Shane Bond against India in Bulawayo in 2005. Southee also picked up his second five-wicket haul in ODIs, which incidentally came at the same venue four years ago against Pakistan. In the first ODI, he picked up 5/33 and bowled Pakistan out for 124. New Zealand chased down the target in 17.2 overs for the loss of one wicket. He also became the third New Zealand bowler to take a five-wicket haul in the World Cup, with Shane Bond (6/23 versus Australia in Port Elizabeth in 2003) and Sir Richard Hadlee (5/25 versus Sri Lanka in Bristol in 1983) being the others.In World Cups, Southee has etched his name alongside some great names. His haul of 7/33 is the third-best bowling figures in World Cup history. Here is a list of the best hauls in World Cups.BEST HAULS IN WORLD CUPSNAME MATCH HAUL OPPOSITION GROUND DATE GLENN McGRATH 7-4-15-7 NAMIBIA POTCHEFSTROOM 27-02-2003 ANDY BICHEL 10-0-20-7 ENGLAND PORT ELIZABETH 02-03-2003 TIM SOUTHEE 9-0-33-7 ENGLAND WELLINGTON 20-02-2015 WINSTON DAVIS 10.3-0-51-7 AUSTRALIA LEEDS 11-06-1983 GARY GILMOUR 12-6-14-6 ENGLAND LEEDS 18-06-1975 The table is not good reading for England fans, considering that three out of the five best hauls in World Cups have come against them. Andy Bichel put in a remarkable performance against them in the league game of the 2003 World Cup at Port Elizabeth when he picked up 7/20. Bichel generated movement on a regular basis at pace and England capitulated against him. Southee has repeated the dose 12 years later. Before Bichel and Southee, Gary Gilmour produced a wonderful exhibition of left-arm swing bowling to bundle England out for 93 in the semi-final of the 1975 World Cup in Leeds. His haul of 6/14 in 12 overs ripped England to shreds and for good measure, he thumped 28 off 28 balls to guide Australia over the line by four wickets.Southee's exploits had deflated England and Brendon McCullum decided to knock them out for the count. He blasted the England bowlers to all parts of the ground and New Zealand coasted to the target. In the process, McCullum smashed the fastest fifty by a New Zealand batsman in ODIs. Here is a list of the fastest fifties in World Cups.FASTEST FIFTIES IN WORLD CUPSNAME BALLS SCORED OPPOSITION GROUND DATE BRENDON McCULLUM 18 ENGLAND WELLINGTON 20-02-2015 BRENDON McCULLUM 20 CANADA ST LUCIA 22-03-2007 MARK BOUCHER 21 NETHERLANDS ST KITTS 16-03-2207 MARK BOUCHER 22 WEST INDIES ST GEORGE'S 10-04-2007 JOHN DAVISON 23 NEW ZEALAND ST LUCIA 22-03-2007 BRIAN LARA 23 CANADA CENTURION 23-02-2003 In fact, McCullum has a habit of notching up milestones with 'fastest' against their name on a regular basis. His record is such that he has one 18-ball 50, two 19-ball 50s, one 20-ball 50, one 21-ball 50. He broke his previous record of a 20-ball fifty which he achieved against Canada in St Lucia during the 2007 World Cup. Mark Boucher is the other batsman who has achieved a fastest fifty landmark twice in World Cups and both came in the 2007 edition held in the West Indies. John Davison of Canada is the only batsman from a non-Test playing nation to feature in the list when he smashed a fifty off 23 balls against New Zealand in the match where McCullum also scored a fifty off 20 balls.Thanks to McCullum's magnificent 77 off 25 balls, New Zealand coasted to the target in 12.2 overs. With only 45.4 overs bowled in the entire match, this features in the list of shortest match spans in World Cup. The criteria for this table is the total number of overs bowled in the entire match and not according to the margin of victory according to balls remaining in the second innings of a chase.SHORT MATCH SPANS IN WORLD CUPSMATCH NUMBER OF OVERS GROUND DATE WINNING TEAM SRI LANKA V CANADA 23.2 OVERS BOLAND PARK 19-02-2003 SRI LANKA BANGLADESH V WEST INDIES 31.1 OVERS MIRPUR 04-03-2011 WEST INDIES NEW ZEALAND V KENYA 31.5 OVERS CHENNAI 20-02-2011 NEW ZEALAND SRI LANKA V IRELAND 37.4 OVERS ST.GEORGE'S 18-04-2007 SRI LANKA SCOTLAND VS WEST INDIES 41.4 OVERS LEICESTER 27-05-1999 WEST INDIES AUSTRALIA V IRELAND 42.2 OVERS BARBADOS 13-04-2007 AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND V ENGLAND 45.4 OVERS WELLINGTON 20-02-2015 NEW ZEALAND The match between Sri Lanka and Canada at Paarl in the 2003 World Cup is the shortest match in World Cup history. Canada were bowled out for 36, the lowest total in World Cups and Sri Lanka raced to the target in 4.4 overs. New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies feature twice in the list. However, when it comes to a contest between two Test playing nations, then the match between Bangladesh and West Indies in Mirpur during the 2011 World Cup is the shortest. Bangladesh were bowled out for 58 and West Indies chased it down in 12.2 overs with nine wickets remaining.New Zealand love to bowl teams out cheaply during the month of February. In February 2011, in the league game against Kenya, they bundled them out for 69 while they bundled out England for 123 in Wellington. The notable thing in the table is that all the teams, barring the New Zealand-England clash, were chasing a target of under 100. This clash in Wellington is the first instance when a team has chased down a total in excess of 100. South Africa chased down 109 in 12 overs against Bangladesh in Bloemfontein during the 2003 World Cup but Bangladesh's innings had consumed 35 overs, thus a total of 47 overs in the match is not counted.
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