ODI World Cup 2023: 3 players with most runs in the history of Australia vs New Zealand clashes

Australia vs New Zealand is going to be a tough game and before peeking at the game let’s take a look at top three successful batters in this rivalry.

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Australia vs New Zealand is the everyone is waiting for. After watching both team’s performances, it became a more important game for both teams. New Zealand is playing their usual game and Australia has also got its way back from losing two consecutive games. We’ve seen many big moments between these two teams and today many more are going to be added. New Zealand with eight points in five games is holding their third position in the table and Australia making a strong comeback by winning three consecutive games after two disappointing losses is comfortably sitting in fourth position. This game is going to be very risky for both teams for their position in the points table. 

These neighboring countries have vibrant cricketing history. Both teams have played 141 games together and Australia showed their dominance over New Zealand with 95-39, in 11 games of the World Cup also Australia has won 8 of them. There were  so many batters produced by both teams who’ve conquered the world cricket, so let’s take a look at top three batters with most runs in the between these two teams.

Ricky Ponting 

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Australia’s most successful batter Ricky Ponting undoubtedly holds the first position in this list. Between 1995 to 2011 he has scored 1971 runs in 51 games in which he has scored 6 centuries and 12 half centuries with the average of 45.83. In 2005 at McLean park he scored a beautifully unbeaten 141 runs which is the highest score against Kiwis. He is one of the greatest batters of all time. He is the third highest ODI run scorer and second in test cricket. He owns 71 international centuries which is the third most centuries around the globe after Sachin Tendulakr and Virat Kohli. Ponting is the highest scorer in both test and T20 format for Australia. Ricky Ponting is the only batter from Australia who has scored 10000 runs in ODIs. 

Mark Waugh 

Mark Waugh holds the second position in this list. Between 1990 to 2002 he has scored 1362 runs in 39 games with three centuries and nine half centuries. He has scored these runs with an average of 40.05. In 1996 World Cup at chennai he scored 110 runs against neighbors which is the best score. He is the third most successful batter for Australia after Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist. Mark loves to bat against New Zealand, he has scored second most runs against any team in ODI after West Indies. 

David Boon

Veteran batter David Boon is third highest scorer in this Rivalry. He has scored 1305 runs in 39 games between 1986 to 1995. He has only one century(100) against the Kiwis which came in Eden Park in 1992. He has played most games against neighbors and also scored most runs against them in his career. In his decent career Boon has made a lot of impact in Australian cricket that will always be remembered. After retirement he joined as match referee and appeared in 244 international games. 

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