T20 World Cup 2024 Records: Records Shattered in One-sided Australia vs Namibia clash in Antigua

T20 World Cup 2024 Records: Australia registered their third win of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 by beating Namibia in match no. 23 on Tuesday at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua to qualify for Super 8.

T20 World Cup 2024 Records: Records Shattered in One-sided Australia vs Namibia clash in Antigua (Image Source: Google)

Australia vs Namibia, Match 23, ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Records: Match No. 23 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was a complete mismatch between Australia and Namibia. This match was played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua which was a low scoring game and the Australia Cricket team went on to register a dominating win. They won the toss and decided to put the Namibia Cricket Team to bat first.

Namibia lost their first three wickets for just 15 runs in the first 25 balls. They couldn't recover from that position. As a result, the whole team were bowled out for just 72 runs in 17 overs. Adam Zampa bowled superbly and took 4/12. Chasing the little target, the Australian batters went berserk from the very first ball. David Warner played a cameo of 8-ball 20 and Travis Head (34* off 17) and Mitchell Marsh (18* off 9) took Australia home. They chased down the target within the powerplay and stamped their authority. With this Australia also qualified for Super 8. There were a few records broken in the AUS vs NAM clash which we will talk about here.

T20 World Cup 2024 Records: T20I Records and T20I Cricket Milestones achieved in AUS vs NAM Antigua Cricket Match

Highest Difference in Powerplay in T20 WCs: Two innings saw the highest powerplay difference. Namibia batted first and scored 17/3 while Australia made 74/1 in 5.4 overs, which is a difference of 57 runs. It is the highest difference of runs between two teams in PP of a T20 World Cup game.

Highest PP Score for AUS in T20 WC: Australia made 74/2 against England in the powerplay in the last match but against Namibia, they scored 74/1 in 5.4 overs. This is their most successful PP in T20 World Cups.

Second-biggest win in T20 WCs: Australia made 74/1 in 5.4 overs and won by nine wickets and 86 balls to spare. This is the second-biggest win in T20 World Cups in terms of balls. The biggest was registered by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands in 2014 by 90 balls.

Lowest T20I Total: Namibia's 74-run all-out is their lowest total in T20 internationals. Meanwhile, this is also the lowest T20I total by a team against Australia.

First AUS to 10 T20I Wickets: Adam Zampa registered a match-winning figure of 4/12 and won the Man of the Match award. With this, he became the first Australian bowler to take 100 T20I wickets. He has now 100 wickets in 83 T20Is at an economy rate of 7.20.