Australia broke the India’s WC record of highest score, by hitting 417 for 6 wickets against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan weren't the ones to be blamed for Australia's loss away to New Zealand, but they were at the receiving end of a brutal assault from David Warner, Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell, who combined to take them to a monstrous 417 for 6 at the WACA ground.
Plenty of records were set but Australia would have been happier about an improved batting display without Michael Clarke, who chose to send other batsmen ahead of him. Warner and Smith added 260 for the second wicket - Australia's best partnership in ODIs - after Aaron Finch was removed early, but the feature of their partnership was the frenetic pace at which the runs came.
David Warner smashed 178, the highest individual score by an Australia batsman in World Cups. After a modest start, Warner picked up the intensity of his innings and raced away to 50 off 40, 100 off 92 and 150 off 116 before finally falling to Shapoor Zadran for 178 from 133 balls, the third-highest individual score for Australia in ODIs.
The Zadrans - Shapoor and Dawlat returned to bag a couple of wickets each but both bowlers combined to give away 190 runs from their 20 overs. The WACA's pace only allowed the Australian batsmen to score quicker, and Afghanistan missed the middle-overs expertise of Mirwais Ashraf, who had earlier returned home after suffering a side strain.
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