World Cup 2023: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh register multiple records as Australia thrash Pakistan

Hundreds from David Warner and Mitchell Marsh led Australia's attack against Pakistan in a World Cup clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. The duo led from the start as Australia scored a massive 367 runs from nine wickets against a lacklustre Pakistan.World Cup 2023: News | Schedule | Results | Points tableWarner struck his 21st ODI hundred, a 124-ball 163, and Marsh his second, a 108-ball 121, with the duo putting together 259 runs for the opening wicket in 203 balls and all but put the game past Pakistan.Shaheen Shah Afridi took five wickets but it was an otherwise timid display from rest of the Pakistan bowling.Warner, dropped on 10 and 105, made things count partnering Marsh and registered multiple records in the process.Records broken during Australia's batting:# It is the fourth instance of both openers scoring centuries in a World Cup game and the first for Australia# The stand of 259 between Warner and Marsh is the second-highest opening partnership in the competition's history, and the best for Australia# It is Warner's fourth consecutive ODI ton against Pakistan and the joint most by any player against a side in the format, equalling Virat Kohli (4 vs West Indies)# It is also Warner's fifth hundred in the World Cup, equalling the most by an Australian, alongside Ricky Ponting# Marsh has become the sixth player to smash an ODI century on his birthday, besides being the first Aussie to do so. He is also the second birthday boy to strike a World Cup ton after Ross Taylor# With Warner and Marsh's 200-plus partnership in the game, Australia have tied India for most such stands in the World Cup history (five occasions each)Most runs conceded on World Cup debut for Pakistan:1/82 (9 overs)- Usama Mir vs AUS, Bengaluru, 20232/70 (10 overs) - Shaheen Afridi vs AUS, Taunton, 20192/63 (10 overs) - Shadab Khan vs ENG, Nottingham, 20191/63 (12 overs) - Sarfaraz Nawaz vs AUS, Leeds, 1975Highest totals for Australia in World Cups:417/6 vs AFG, Perth, 2015381/5 vs BAN, Nottingham, 2019377/6 vs SA, Basseterre, 2007376/9 vs SL, Sydney, 2015367/9 vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023# Highest total against Pakistan in a World Cup - 367/9 today, surpassing the previous highest of 344/9 in Hyderabad during this tournament itselfMost sixes in a World Cup innings25 - England vs Afghanistan, Manchester, 201919 - West Indies vs Zimbabwe, Canberra, 201519 - Australia vs Pakistan, Bengaluru, 202318 - South Africa vs Netherlands, Basseterre, 200718 - India vs Bermuda, Port of Spain, 2007Most sixes in a World Cup innings17 - Eoin Morgan (ENG) vs AFG, Manchester, 201916 - Chris Gayle (WI) vs ZIM, Canberra, 201511 - Martin Guptill (NZ) vs WI, Wellington, 20159 - David Miller (SA) vs ZIM, Hamilton, 20159 - David Warner (AUS) vs PAK, Bengaluru, 20239 - Mitchell Marsh (AUS) vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2023Highest individual scores for Australia in World Cups178 - David Warner vs AFG, Perth, 2015166 - David Warner vs BAN, Nottingham, 2019163 - David Warner vs Pakistan, Bengaluru, 2023158 - Matthew Hayden vs WI, North Sound, 2007153 - Aaron Finch vs SL, The Oval, 2019