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Stats Analysis

6-0 in day-night chases in Auckland

Stats preview to the high-profile clash between New Zealand and Australia, teams with the best win-loss stats in ODIs over the last year

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
27-Feb-2015
Shane Watson averages 47.90 in ODIs against New Zealand, with one century and four fifties in 14 innings  •  Getty Images

Shane Watson averages 47.90 in ODIs against New Zealand, with one century and four fifties in 14 innings  •  Getty Images

0 The number of times these two teams have played a completed ODI since the 2011 World Cup. They played once, in the 2013 Champions Trophy, at Edgbaston, but the game was rained out. New Zealand were 51 for 2 after 15, chasing 244.
6-2 Australia's World Cup record against New Zealand. They have won the last three World Cup games between the two - in 2011, 2007 and 2003. However, New Zealand won by 37 runs in their only World Cup match in Auckland - in 1992. That was also the first match of the 1992 tournament.
11-5 Australia's record against New Zealand in Auckland, including four wins in the last five games.
18-5 Australia's win-loss stats since January 2014 (win-loss ratio 3.6). New Zealand have an 18-7 record (ratio 2.57). Those are the two best win-loss records among all teams in this period.
28.02 Brendon McCullum's batting average in 40 ODI innings against Australia, at a strike rate of 83.52. He has five fifties, but no centuries, against them; Ross Taylor averages 38.15, with one century and six fifties in 22 innings against Australia.
47 Runs McCullum needs to complete 1000 ODI runs against Australia. Three New Zealand batsmen have already achieved this - Stephen Fleming, John Wright and Martin Crowe.
47.90 Shane Watson's batting average against New Zealand, with one hundred and four fifties in 14 innings. Among teams against whom he has batted more than five times, it's his highest average. Clarke has 932 runs against New Zealand, at an average of 40.52.
31 Wickets for Mitchell Johnson in 20 ODIs against New Zealand - average 27.51, economy rate 5.11
3 New Zealand batsmen who have scored 500-plus runs at 100-plus strike rates since January 2014 - Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi and Brendon McCullum. They have the three highest strike rates among batsmen who have scored 500 or more runs during this period.
6-0 The win-loss record for teams chasing in day-night ODIs in Auckland since 2008. New Zealand have lost five of those matches.
238 The average score for teams batting first in day-night games in Auckland since 2008 (in eight innings). The only instance of a team scoring more than 250 was New Zealand's 314 in a tied game against India in January 2014.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats