Australia suffered loss even after winning against New Zealand, path to semi-finals still difficult

AUS vs NZ: The 27th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 was played between Australia and New Zealand. In this match Australia defeated New Zealand by 5 runs. Even after defeating New Zealand, Australia has suffered a loss. We are talking about the points table, where the Australian team has not benefited even by winning. However, after losing the first two matches in the World Cup 2023, Australia has made a strong comeback by winning four consecutive matches. But the New Zealand team did not allow Australia to get a big advantage in this high scoring match. Let us know how.

Australia got a big win

In this match, the Australian team, batting first, scored 388 runs losing 10 wickets in 49.2 overs. Which was a huge total. Chasing this target given by Australia, New Zealand team scored 383 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. Due to which the Australian team could win the match by only 5 runs. After the first innings of this match, it was being speculated that Australia could win this match by a big margin, but New Zealand spoiled their intentions and they remained just 6 runs short of their target. At one time it seemed that New Zealand would win this match easily.

Loss in net run rate

Looking at the way ODI World Cup 2023 has gone so far, it seems that the net run rate will play an important role for the teams at the end of the tournament. Due to which teams are trying to improve their net run rate. The Australian team would be looking to do something similar in the match against New Zealand. But they could not do this. They suffered a loss in reverse net run rate. Before the match, Australia's net run rate was +1.142, but after the narrow win in this match, their team's net run rate suffered and they are now in fourth place with a net run rate of +0.970. Even before the match, he was in fourth place. Overall, Australia has got only 2 points on the points table. Apart from this, they have not received any other benefit.