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Stats Analysis

Form and history with Australia

Intimidating batsmen, aggressive pacers, home conditions and an unmatched World Cup record: Australia have all the ingredients

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
09-Feb-2015
2.2 Australia's win-loss ratio since 2013, the highest for any team (min. five ODIs). Every other team has a win-loss ratio of less than two, which means that Australia is the only team that wins twice as many matches as they lose. They have lost 13 and won 29 ODIs in this period. When playing at home in this period, they win almost five times as many matches as they lose, with four losses and 19 wins.
55 Number of matches that Australia have won in World Cups, the most for any team. Their win-loss ratio of 2.9 is also the best.
71 Australia's win percentage in World Cup knockout matches, the best for any team. Australia have won ten out of their 14 knockout matches, losing three with one tie. South Africa have the worst record, having won none of their five knockout games.
775 Runs scored by Steven Smith in 17 innings since 2013, the most for any batsman who has played 20 innings or less. Smith also has three hundreds, the most. He averages 51.7 at a strike rate of 89.4 in this period.
Most runs since 2013 by the Australia batsmen in the World Cup squad
Player Inns Runs Ave SR 100 50
GJ Bailey 40 1521 42.25 89.73 2 11
AJ Finch 39 1447 37.10 86.23 5 6
GJ Maxwell 35 919 29.64 116.03 0 8
SR Watson 25 915 36.60 98.81 3 3
SPD Smith 17 775 51.66 89.38 3 3
50 Wickets taken by Mitchell Johnson since 2013, the joint-most by an Australia bowler, along with James Faulkner. Johnson's economy rate of 4.7 during this period is the second-best, after Dale Steyn (4.3), for any pacer who has taken 50 wickets.
Most wickets since 2013 by Australia bowlers in the World Cup squad
Player Inns Wkts Ave Econ SR 4+
JP Faulker 37 50 32.36 5.64 34.4 2
MG Johnson 32 50 25.42 4.71 32.3 2
MA Starc 22 39 21.46 4.95 26.0 5
GJ Maxwell 31 28 33.82 5.38 37.7 2
XJ Doherty 19 13 56.38 4.72 71.5 0
19 Number of 50-plus partnerships posted by Australia's last five wickets since 2013, the most for any team. Among the top-eight nations, India have the fewest such partnerships - ten.
19 Number of ducks scored by Australia's top-order batsmen (Nos. 1 to 7) since 2013, the fewest for any top-eight team. West Indies' top-order batsmen have scored 31 ducks, the most.
31 Strike rate of Australia's pace bowlers since 2013 when playing in Australia/New Zealand, the best for any top-eight team. Pacers from Pakistan and India have the poorest strike rates in these conditions, 64.2 and 38.7 respectively.

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant