CT 2017, Match 6: England v New Zealand – Statistical Highlights

England became the first team to make it to the semis of the 2017 Champions Trophy after defeating New Zealand in their 2nd game by a huge margin of 87 runs. They posted yet another 300+ total with help of fifties from Alex Hales, Joe Root and Jos Buttler. In the chase, New Zealand looked like cruising at a stage but things went upside down after Kane Williamson’s wicket like in their previous game.

This defeat put New Zealand’s chances of making it through to the semis tricky as they now need to beat Bangladesh in their final league game and hope Australia doesn’t beat England at the same time.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

1 – Number of times New Zealand have managed to chase down a 300+ target in ODI cricket since 2008. They were set a target over 300 on 13 occasions in this period and they have lost 11 times. One game ended in a tie.

3 – Number of players including Kane Williamson who have scored fifty-plus in three consecutive innings in the Champions Trophy. Saeed Anwar and Marcus Trescothick are the other two batsmen.

3 – Number of players including Liam Plunkett who have taken 4-wicket hauls in the first two matches played in the Champions Trophy. Douglas Hondo and Mitchell McClenaghan are the other two players to do so.

4 – Number of times Ben Stokes has dismissed Martin Guptill in ODIs; the most number of times he has dismissed any batsman in this format. Stokes has dismissed Kohli three times in ODIs.

5 – Number of consecutive fifty-plus scores for Kane Williamson against New Zealand in ODI cricket; the joint 2nd most consecutive fifty-plus scores for any player vs NZ in ODIs. Javed Miandad had fifty-plus scores in 7 consecutive games.

8.2 – Luke Ronchi’s batting average in ODIs against England. Ronchi has 3 ducks against England in the 10 innings and has scored 82 runs with the best of 33.

10 – Number of times Kane Williamson has been dismissed between 80 and 99 so far in ODI cricket; the most number of times by any player since 2010. Virat Kohli has been dismissed between 80 and 99 on 9 occasions during this period.

11 – Number of times England has posted 300+ in their last 13 ODIs while batting first. They were bowled out for 153 recently vs SA while scored 296/6 once in this period.

57.78 – Average of Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor partnership in ODIs; the 3rd best average for any pair who has scored 2000 runs in this format. Hashim Amla-AB de Villiers pair averages 73.87 while MS Dhoni-Suresh Raina pair has an average of 58.50.

60.87% – Percentage of partnerships between Alex Hales and Joe Root in ODI cricket that have been fifty-plus stands; the 2nd best percentage between any pair. (Min: 10 fifty-plus stands) Gambhir-Dhoni pair has 11 fifty-plus stands in 17 innings which can be read as 64.71%.

64 – Runs scored by Jason Roy in his last 8 ODI innings. Roy has scored double digits only three times in those 8 innings with the best of 20.