Tags: World Cup 2023, England vs New Zealand, 1st match in Ahmedabad, October 5, 2023, England, New Zealand
Printed on: October 6, 2023
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There wasn’t a lot hype concerning the opening England-New Zealand 2023 World Cup match on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday, October 5. The match produced in entrance of empty stands throughout the match was additionally fairly boring. The Kiwis barely broke a sweat as they defeated defending champions England by 9 wickets within the opening match of the World Cup.
New Zealand gained the toss and selected to bowl first. Matt Henry (3/48), Mitchell Santner (2/37) and Glenn Phillips (2/17) mixed to limit England to 282/9. Devon Conway (152* off 121) and Rachin Ravindra (123* off 96) then mixed for an unbroken 273-run stand for the second wicket because the Kiwis romped house in 36.2 overs.
Bowling first, New Zealand continued to bowl England’s wickets away, with Joe Root (77 off 86) the one batsman to cross the half-century mark. Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan added 40 for the opening wicket in 7.4 overs earlier than Malan (14 off 24) performed a poor shot and was caught behind Matt Henry. Bairstow was killed for 33 of 35 and fell to Mitchell Santner’s trickery.
Harry Brook, who received an opportunity with Ben Stokes unavailable, regarded good earlier than being dismissed by Ravindra for 25 off 16. After hitting two fours and a six off successive balls, he missed one and received into the depth rightly. Glenn Phillips then knocked over Moeen Ali (11). Skipper Jos Buttler and Root added 70 for the fifth wicket to carry England.
Simply when Buttler was wanting good for a giant rating, he fell for 43 off 42, falling behind attempting to chop off Henry. Liam Livingstone (20 off 22) received a begin however couldn’t proceed. On the different finish, Root held one find yourself earlier than he too was overthrown by Phillips. Some helpful contributions from the decrease order took England from 229/7 to 282/7.
In the course of the chase, New Zealand misplaced Will Younger for a golden duck when he was choked within the leg by Sam Curran. However that was about it so far as the enjoyment of the day for England was involved. The duo of Conway and Ravindra reigned supreme as they despatched the English bowlers on a leather-based hunt.
Conway hit 19 fours and three sixes, whereas Ravindra hit 11 fours and 5 maximums. Their unbroken tally of 273 is now a file for the very best partnerships for New Zealand on the World Cup, beating Lee Germon and Chris Harris’ 168 towards Australia in Chennai in 1996.
–By a cricket correspondent