Analysis: Travis Head became the 4th player to win Player of the Match award in both Semifinals and Finals of CWC

Australia has won six ODI World Cup titles, more than any other side in the competition while 4 Travis Head joined Mohinder Amarnath (1983), Aravinda de Silva (1996), and Shane Warne (1999) as the only players to win Player of the Match in both the World Cup semifinals and finals.

Australia has won six ODI World Cup titles, more than any other side in the tournament. Their last loss occurred in 1996. This was their eighth trip to the finals and their fifth win in a row.

India has suffered five World Cup losses in 37 games since the 2011 tournament. Three of these losses occurred in knockout games; the finals in 2023, the semifinals in 2015 and 2019. 

The last two, one in 2011 and one in 2019, occurred during the league stages. In these 37 games, they have only been bowled out six times, four of which resulted in losses and one in a draw.

4 Travis Head joined Mohinder Amarnath (1983), Aravinda de Silva (1996), and Shane Warne (1999) as the only players to win Player of the Match in both the World Cup semifinals and finals.

In the World Cup final, Head became the seventh player to score a century, and the second after Aravinda de Silva in 1996 against Australia in Lahore, to do so during a run chase.

Hundreds in World Cup finals

Player                   Runs SR against   Venue   Date

A Gilchrist       149 143.26 SL Bridgetown 28-Apr-07

R Ponting       140* 115.7 India Johannesburg 23-Mar-03

Viv Richards       138* 87.89 Eng Lord’s             23-Jun-79

T Head       137 114.16 India Ahmedabad     19-Nov-23

Aravinda de Silva 107*          86.29 Aus Lahore             17-Mar-96

M Jayawardene     103* 117.04 India Mumbai WS 02-Apr-11

C Lloyd       102 120 Aus Lord’s             21-Jun-75

192- This World Cup final had the second-highest partnership of any wicket between Head and Marnus Labuschagne for the fourth wicket, behind only the unbeaten 234-run partnership between Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn for the third wicket against India in Johannesburg in 2003. 

0/ 99 the combined figures for Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja – this is the first time that Indian spinners have failed to score a wicket in 11 matches in World Cup 2023.

Adam Zampa’s 23 wickets in the World Cup tie Muttiah Muralitharan’s total from the 2007 tournament for the most by a spinner. Mohammed Shami (24 in 2023), Glenn McGrath (26 in 2007), and Mitchell Starc (27 in 2019) are the only players with more in a World Cup.

Most wickets by a spinner in a World Cup edition

Player             Year Mat Wkts Avg ER SR

M Muralitharan2007 10 23 15.26 4.14 22.0

A Zampa 2023 11 23 22.39 5.36 25.0

Shahid Afridi 2011 8 21 12.85 3.62 21.2

B Hogg 2007 11 21 15.80 4.00 23.6

S Warne 1999 10 20 18.05 3.82 28.3