World Cup 2015 Highlights of the Group stage matches

11. Cracker of games – strong and interesting matches

New Zealand and Australia played probably one of the most exciting matches on this World Cup. Kiwis dismissed Australia for 151 and themselves were in trouble with Mitchell Starc breathing fire in form of lethal yorkers. They only won the match because Trent Boult managed to play 3 balls from Starc without losing his toes or stumps. Kane Williamson finished the match with a six without wasting any more balls. Starc took 6 wickets in a losing cause.

Some of the best matches came from the associate nations. Afghanistan beat Scotland in a match that saw more twists and turns than a telephone wire. Afghans won the match with just 1 wicket in hand. Another such match happened between Zimbabwe and Ireland. Ireland hung on to the match by a thread after Brendon Taylor, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine almost committed night robbery beating Ireland. But luck didn’t favored Zimbabwe and they lost the match by just 5 runs.