ICC World Cup 2023 has just demurred off in Ahmadabad. It started right from where it was ended last time in 2019 between England and New Zealand the finalists of the last World Cup. England came with a series win against New Zealand and they were the favourite to win this game. Some crucial players from both sides weren't available. Kane Williamson and Southee were out due to injury and also Lockie Ferguson was out just before the match. Ben Stokes was not available for England also.
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Toss
Toss is a pivotal thing in these conditions because there will be dew in the night. Dew will ease the fur and bowling can be really tough with a wet ball. New Zealand won the important toss and tagged to coliseum 1st without any vacillation.
Playing IX of New Zealand
1. Will Young
2. Devon Conway
3. Rachin Ravindra
4. Daryl Mitchell
5. Tom Latham
6. Glenn Phillips
7. Mark Chapman
8. James Neesham
9. Mitchell Santner
10. Matt Henry
11. Trent Boult
Playing IX of England
1. Dawid Malan
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Joe Root
4. Harry Brook
5. Moeen Ali
6. Jos Buttler
7. Liam Livingstone
8. Sam Curran
9. Chris Woakes
10. Mark Wood
11. Adil Rashid
launch from England
England always likes to play aggressive justice and Boult likes to coliseum with the new ball so that was an instigative contest but English openers handled Boult beautifully and got some runs against him also. But Matt Henry sailed beautifully from the other and tested them. He got the 1st gate in the powerplay and opened the doors. England kept coming at them and losing lattices in phases.
Return of Root
Joe Root hasn't been at his stylish in ODIs since the 2019 World Cup but we all know that big players need big matches to showcase their gift. Joe Root held the one end and played a superb innings of 77. England kept losing lattices from the other end to accelerate but they were noway ahead. Jos Buttler and Root erected 70 70- run cooperation but after that England collapsed poorly. England was252/9 in 46th over but Rashid and Wood added 30 runs for the final gate to give England a respectable aggregate. England finished on282/9.
Chase from New Zealand
New Zealand looked like a really different side while chasing the target. Will Young got out 1st ball against Sam Curran and also Rachin Ravindra made his way to the middle unexpectedly. He maundered atno. 3 in the warm- up against Pakistan and played beautifully for his 97 runs and he carried his form right from there. Both left- handers looked majestic and they did not allow English bowlers to settle. Mark Wood was a big trouble and they wereultra-aggressive against him. Wood went for 55 in his 5 overs and that should add up the story. English bowling and fielding were not over to the mark and they were pounded by these 2 lefties. Devon Conway scored 152 off 121 balls with 19 fours and 3sixes while Ravindra scored 123 off just 96 balls with 11 fours and 5 sixes. New Zealand chased 283 runs in just36.2 overs to get a huge boost in NRR. The record book also tumbled after that match.
Youngest to score hundreds on World Cup debut
22y, 106d- Virat Kohli( IND) vs BAN, 2011
23y, 301d- Andy Flower( ZIM) vs SL, New Plymouth, 1992
23y, 321d- Rachin Ravindra( NZ) vs ENG, Ahmedabad, 2023
24y, 152d- Nathan Astle( NZ) vs ENG, Ahmedabad, 1996
25y, 250d- David Miller( SA) vs ZIM, 2015
Highest partnerships in World Cup
372- Chris Gayle & Marlon Samuels( WI) vs ZIM, Canberra, 2015
318- Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid( IND) vs SL, Taunton, 1999
282- Tillakaratne Dilshan & Upul Tharanga( SL) vs ZIM, Pallekele, 2011
273 *- Devon Conway & Rachin Ravindra( NZ) vs ENG, Ahmedabad, 2023
260- David Warner & Steven Smith( AUS) vs AFG, Perth, 2015
Rachin Ravindra| Player of the Match
Great to have a great day. Boys sailed and contended well to circumscribe them to 280. Luckily I had Devon out there to show me how to do it.( I am) veritably veritably close with Devon. Special to finish it off with him. 4- 5 times agonewe all knew Devon would come the player he is. Above all, he is a great joe. It was history( because of) the thing( niggle) with Lockie( when did he know he will club at three?). Good to get the occasion. We will see what happens. I am actually quite a good slumberer luckily. There was some swing, but the face was really good to club on.
England needs to answer a lot of questions and they need Stokes really poorly after this game.
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