Top 10 greatest ODI cricket matches of all time

#8. New Zealand vs Australia - Pool Match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Auckland (28 Feb 2015)

Mitchell Starc produced a bowling masterclass in an eventual defeat

Unlike most of the matches on this list, this match did not go down to the wire but it had some fantastic individual performances and several twists and turns along the way.

The two co-hosts and eventual finalists of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup played a pool match at Auckland and the Aussies chose to bat first after winning the toss. However, they were bowled out for only 151 with Trent Boult picking up 5/27 in his ten overs.

The Kiwis hit the ground running when they came out to bat and raced to 78/1 in only 7.3 overs with Brendon McCullum scoring 50 off just 24 balls. Pat Cummins dismissed the New Zealand captain in the eighth over but they still only needed 73 runs from 42 overs with Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor in the middle. Walk in the park, right? Well, think again.

Mitchell Starc bowled the ninth over and in the first two balls of the over, he uprooted the stumps of Taylor and Grant Elliott to give the Aussies a glimmer of hope. However, Williamson and Corey Anderson added 52 runs for the fifth wicket to swing the momentum back in their favour.

With 30 overs to go, New Zealand needed only 15 runs but in the next two overs, Cummins and Starc dismissed Luke Ronchi and Daniel Vettori respectively to put a shadow of doubt in the minds of the New Zealand fans.

In the 23rd over with only six runs left to win, Starc bowled both Adam Milne and Tim Southee. Trent Boult, the last batsman, had to face the rampant Starc and he survived the last two balls of the over.

Williamson, who was on strike in the next over from Cummins, hit a six off the very first ball to win the game without giving Starc an opportunity to bowl his final over.

You can watch the highlights of the match here.