In the opening World Cup match of cricket, New Zealand destroys England : A Look At Records Broken

In their opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, New Zealand beat England by the most runs and in the fewest overs ever for a team to chase 250 or more. The New Zealand team reached their target of 283 with a run rate of 7.78, needing only 36.2 overs to do so. NZ smashed the defending champions mercilessly, making a mockery of the target thanks to centuries from Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra. The 273 runs scored by the duo of Conway and Ravindra is New Zealand's highest partnership for any wicket in World Cup history. The 372 runs scored by Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels for the second wicket against Zimbabwe is the highest in World Cup history, but this partnership ranks fourth overall.

The next two highest partnerships in Cricket World Cup history are the 318-run effort by India's Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid against Sri Lanka in 1999 and the 282-run effort by Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga against Zimbabwe in 2011.

Rachin's century in 82 balls was the fastest by a New Zealand player in the history of the One Day International World Cup. Overall, Kevin O'Brien of Ireland holds the record for the fastest World Cup century, which he scored against England in 2011 using only 50 balls.

A World Cup debut century was smashed by Ravindra, the third youngest batter overall and the youngest Kiwi. India's Virat Kohli, then 22 years old and 106 days old, set a new record when he scored a century on his World Cup debut in 2011 against Bangladesh.

In contrast, at the age of 32 years and 89 days, Conway is the second oldest player to score a century in a World Cup. Against Zimbabwe in 2007, at the age of 33 years and 105 days, Jeremy Bray of Ireland became the oldest player to score a century in a World Cup match.

Conway also holds the record for the quickest time to reach 1,000 runs in one-day internationals, having done so in just 22 games.

Conway has played in 22 One-Day Internationals, scoring 1,026 runs (at an average of 54.00) with five centuries and three fifties. He has a 152*, which is his highest score.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first, holding England to 282 for nine after 50 overs. Joe Root's fifty (77 runs in 86 balls with four fours and a six) was the glue that held the entire innings together. In addition, Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler both scored in the 30s, and both scored in the 30s, and both scored in the 30s. In a first for One-Day Internationals, every batter on one team reached double digits.

New Zealand's best bowler was Matt Henry (3/48). Both Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips took two wickets with their spin bowling as they stifled the English batting. Both Trent Boult and Rachin took out a batter.

Conway (152 not out off 121 balls, including 19 fours and three sixes) and Ravindra (123 not out off 96 balls, including 11 fours and five sixes) led New Zealand to victory with almost 14 overs to spare in their chase of 283. Will Young was dismissed for a duck early in the innings.

Ravindra was named the game's MVP and won a trophy for his efforts.