ICC CWC 2019 match 38 highlights: Australia crush New Zealand by 86 runs

Mitchell Starc picks 5 wickets as Australia retains the top spot in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Points Table while New Zealand remains at the third place

Australia cricket team crushed  New Zealand cricket team by 86 runs in the in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the historic Lord's Cricket Ground today. Australia retains the top spot in  ICC World Cup 2019 Points Table while New Zealand remians at the third place. While defending champions Australia is the only team to have booked a semi-final berth, the Kiwis, who are placed third, are still a point away from it.

Batting first, Australia managed to put 249/9 in 50 overs after shaky start as Alex Carey (71 off 72) and Usman Khawaja (88 off 129) put up a crucial partnership in the middle. Trent Boult's hat-trick became the highlight in the first innings. While chasing, New Zealand started slow and Australian bowlers did not allow them to put partnerships. Jason Behrendorff started scalping the top order while Mitchell Starc picked another 5-wicket haul in the tournament to bring victory to Australia.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Australia vs New Zaland scoreboard

1:24 AM

Over 44

Over Summary: 0 0 0 W       NZ: 157/10

Mitchell Starc into his last over, Santner keeps the strike to face him, OUT!! Santner is caught It's all over, Australia win by 86 runs!! 

1:18 AM

Over 43

Over Summary: 0 6 4 1 2 0    NZ: 157/9

Lyon continues, Santner smashes him for a six to deep square-leg, a boundary follows on inside edge as the ball race past the keeper, Boult picks two amd an eventful over after a long time

1:13 AM

Over 42

Over Summary: W 0 0 0 0 0      NZ: 144/9 

Starc scalps Ferguson on the first ball of the over, Trent Boult is the last batsman, Starc is aiming for his fifth wicket

1:07 AM

Over 41

Over Summary: 0 0 1 0 0 2wd 0       NZ: 144/8

Lyon continues, Santner sends the ball in the air and Warner just had the catch but it slips the last moment, a wide follows 

1:03 AM

Over 40 Starc removes Sodhi

Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 1 2Wd Wd W       NZ: 141/8

Starc continues, concedes some singles and bowls back to back wide, Sodhi given LBW and he reviews but to no avail! 

12:58 AM

Over 39 Lyon scalps Neesham

Over Summary:  W 0 0 1 0 4      NZ: 136/7

Lyon scalps Neesham on the first ball and Ish Sodi, the new batsman, gets a boundary off the last ball 

12:50 AM

Over 38

Over Summary:  0 0 1 0 0 0     NZ: 131/6

Starc continues, he concedes just two singles and NZ doesn't lose any wicket

12:47 AM

Over 37

Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 2 1       NZ: 130/6

Nathan Lyon concedes four runs in his over

12:40 AM

Over 36 Latham departs

Over Summary:  1 0 W 0 0 1   NZ: 126/6

OUT!! Starc is back into attack but it's Steve Smith who grabs the eyeballs with a quick catch and Tom Latham is back into the pavilion!! Mitchell Santner is the new batsman

12:36 AM

Over 35

Over Summary:  0 0 0 1 1 1       NZ: 124/6

Glenn MAxwell continues and just three singles off the over

12:33 AM

Over 34

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 1      NZ: 121/5

Lyon is back, just a single off the last ball

12:27 AM

Over 33 Smith removes Colin de Granhomme

Over Summary:  W 1 0 0 0 1    NZ: 120/5

OUT!! Steve Smith gets  wicket at Lord's and Colin de Grandomme departs o golden duck!! Jimmy Neesham is the next batsman and singles from the over

12:23 AM

Over 32

Over Summary:   4 1 1 W     NZ: 118/4

Cummins into the over and Taylor pulls the ball for a boundary, and gives the strike to Latham, who has been struggling at the crease, but he gets off the mark with a single to third man, OUT!!! Taylor sustains a top-edge in search of a bi\g shot and Carey takes the catch

12:20 AM

Over 31

Over Summary:   1 0 0 1 1 1     NZ: 112/3

 Maxwell is brought in and concedes four singles off the over

12:16 AM

Over 30

Over Summary:   0 0 0 0 1 0   NZ: 108/3

Pat Cummins is back into the attack, he starts with four dots, and out of form Latham manages a single off the fifth ball