Player vs Player Stats: Australia vs New Zealand ICC World T20 2016
After defeating India in the opening game of the ICC World T20 in Nagpur, New Zealand take on Australia on Friday, hoping to exact some revenge for their loss in the ICC World Cup 2015. While the Kiwis are already off to a winning start, Australia will be looking to continue their winning run from the recently concluded 3-match T20I series against South Africa.
Although Australia hold the upper hand in terms of history, the Kiwis will be on cloud nine after winning their opening encounter against the favourites India.
Although the pair have faced each other across multiple formats, this will be the 1st clash between the two in a ICC World T20. Overall, in T20Is, Australia have won 4 and there has been a tie.
With one side considerably holding the upper hand in terms of history and the other in terms of recent form, it should certainly be interesting to see how the encounter on Friday turns out.
In this post, we statistically compare the expected playing line-up of both sides and attempt to judge which team will start the contest as favourites. The winner between each duo has been judged only by T20 career stats and not talent, form or any other thing.
| Australia | New Zealand | Who’s better? |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Finch
Runs –916, Avg – 39.82, SR – 152.92 |
Kane Williamson
Runs – 852, Avg – 35.50, SR – 125.84 |
Australia |
| Shane Watson
Runs – 1366, Avg – 28.45, SR – 145.01 |
Martin Guptill
Runs – 1672, Avg – 34.12, SR – 129.91 |
TIE |
| Steve Smith
Runs – 348, Avg – 20.47, SR – 122.96 |
Colin Munro
Runs – 389, Avg – 24.31, SR – 158.13 |
New Zealand |
| David Warner
Runs – 1595, Avg – 29.53, SR – 140.77 |
Ross Taylor
Runs – 1175, Avg – 23.97, SR – 119.89 |
Australia |
| Glenn Maxwell
Runs – 502, Avg – 21.82, SR – 160.38 |
Grant Elliott
Runs – 116, Avg – 14.50, SR – 100.86 |
Sample too
small to judge |
| Peter Nevill
Runs – 4, Avg – 4, SR – 80 |
Luke Ronchi
Runs – 309, Avg – 22.07, SR – 141.09 |
Sample too
small to judge |
| James Faulkner
Runs – 124, Avg – 20.66, SR – 114.81 Wickets – 19, Avg – 23.26, RPO – 8.23 |
Corey Anderson
Runs – 263, Avg – 21.91, SR – 131.50 Wickets – 12, Avg – 35.75, RPO – 8.41 |
TIE |
| Mitchell Marsh
Runs – 103, Avg – 25.75, SR – 137.33 Wickets – 3, Avg – 35.66, RPO – 8.91 |
Mitchell Santner
Runs – 29, Avg – 9.66, SR – 78.37 Wickets – 11, Avg – 10.27, RPO – 5.65 |
Sample too
small to judge |
| Adam Zampa
Wickets – 0, Avg – , RPO – 6.12 |
Nathan McCullum
Wickets – 57, Avg – 22.31, RPO – 6.86 |
Sample too
small to judge |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile
Wickets – 20, Avg – 20, RPO – 8.16 |
Trent Boult
Wickets – 15, Avg – 21.73, RPO – 7.95 |
Sample too
small to judge |
| Josh Hazlewood
Wickets – 7, Avg – 29.28, RPO – 10.25 |
Tim Southee
Wickets – 46, Avg – 25.69, RPO – 8.62 |
Sample too
small to judge |
| Australia 2 – 1 New Zealand | ||
NOTE: The lineups mentioned above are predicted teams and might not actually be the playing lineup that take to the field on Friday.
Summary
While both teams have a settled top order, the middle-order is filled with some big-hitters on both ends while the Australian bowling attack is significantly short on experience when compared to their rivals.
Given the wealth of IPL experience the Australians possess, they have the more explosive batting line-up, even if the two sides are evenly matched when it comes to experience in the batting order.
As far as the bowlers are concerned, the Kiwis holds the advantage as they have the more experienced bowling attack than Australia, whether it is in the pace department or spinners.
On paper, Australia have the more explosive batting line-up while the Black Caps hold the upper hand when it comes to the bowling as they have more experience and wicket-taking bowlers. But given the confidence boosting win that the Kiwis enjoyed only a few days ago, they will go in as favourites into this Trans-Tasman clash.
