Ahmedabad: The Cricket World Cup 2023 began on a fiery note as the previous edition’s runner-ups New Zealand thrashed the 2019 champions- England by 9 wickets to clinch the opening game. New Zealand chased down England’s 282 for nine without fuss and it had 82 deliveries remaining meant that even another 100 runs would have made a little difference to the result.
England was far from fluent with the bat. Even though it made a record by becoming the first team in ODI history to have all its 11 batters register double-digit figures, the Englishmen failed to convert their beginnings. Matt Henry picked three wickets while part-time spinner Glenn Phillips dented the opposition by taking two key wickets. Contrarily, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra hit sublime and near-flawless centuries on their World Cup debut and added 273 runs for the second wicket.
“Sizzling with the bat, Brilliant with the ball. New Zealand produced a stunning show in the CWC 23 opener”, tweeted ICC.
The next in line is Pakistan vs Netherlands scheduled to held today in Hyderabad, confirmed ICC through a tweet. “Pakistan and the Netherlands kick off their CWC23 campaign in Hyderabad. Whos your pick to win today?”, tweeted ICC.
The match is scheduled to behin at 2PM in the second ODI World Cup 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad in a day-night match. It world be the second match of Pakistan in Hyderabad as the team led by Babar Azam played a warm-up match against Australia in the city and enjoyed warm support from the locals.