Stats highlights from the third match of Group A between Australia and The Netherlands.
Australia's victory margin was 229 runs, making them the first team to win consecutive ODIs by 200-plus margins. In their first game of the tournament they had beaten Scotland by 203 runs. Peter Borren went for 89 runs from his ten overs - his economy rate of 8.90 runs per over makes it the fifth-most expensive spell in World Cups (among bowlers who've bowled at least eight overs). Ashantha de Mel, with 97 from ten overs, has the highest runs-per-over figure. The Netherlands, who conceded 353 in their previous match, against South Africa, leaked 358 this time, making it the third time that a side had conceded more than 300 in consecutive World Cup matches. The two previous instances were both by Sri Lanka. In 1975, Australia and Pakistan thrashed 338 and 330 off them, while in 1983 Pakistan and England blasted them for 338 and 339 in successive games. Adam Gilchrist became the first Australian batsman to hit 100 fours in the World Cup. He's the fourth to achieve the feat - Sachin Tendulkar (187), Brian Lara (108) and Aravinda de Silva (107) are the others. Australia became the first team to score more than 300 in three successive World Cup matches. They scored 331 for 4 in their first match of the current tournament, while in the 2003 final they thrashed 359 against the hapless Indians.
