Cricket World Cup: England emphatically beaten by New Zealand in opening match in Ahmedabad | Cricket News

England had been resoundingly overwhelmed by New Zealand within the opening match of the 2023 Males’s Cricket World Cup, the Black Caps besting the defending champions by 9 wickets to realize revenge for his or her 2019 closing defeat.

After England posted a fairly pedestrian 282-9 from their 50 overs, having been put into bat, New Zealand romped to victory inside 36.2 overs, with Devon Conway (152no) and Rachin Ravindra (123no) each notching scintillating centuries on their World Cup debuts.

Sam Curran had taken the wicket of Will Younger (0) together with his first ball, however Chris Woakes and Mark Wooden went around the park on the different finish as Conway and Ravindra introduced up the New Zealand 100 to start out the thirteenth over.

England had no reply to the blistering run-scoring, with Conway finally going via to his 150 as New Zealand clinched a most emphatic of opening victories.

Earlier, Joe Root’s return to kind continued as, following his unbeaten 26 within the warm-up win over Bangladesh on Monday, he top-scored with 77 to seemingly set the platform for a 300-plus rating.

However wickets tumbled at common intervals all through the innings, with Root turning into the seventh to fall within the midst of a depressing spell which noticed England lose 4 for 31 between the thirty ninth and forty sixth overs – exactly the purpose at which they need to have been seeking to launch.

Captain Jos Buttler struck 43 off 42 balls, sharing in a 70-run partnership with Root, whereas Harry Brook – taking part in instead of Ben Stokes, nonetheless recovering from a hip damage – managed 25, hanging two fours and a six off three consecutive deliveries earlier than falling to Ravindra’s fourth.

The innings had began so effectively as, after New Zealand received the toss, Jonny Bairstow flicked Trent Boult’s second ball for six over deep backward square-leg. He and Dawid Malan placed on 40 for the primary wicket earlier than Malan nicked off to the mightily spectacular Matt Henry (3-48).

Spin then took over for the Black Caps, containing England effectively within the center overs, with the economical Mitchell Santner (2-37) choosing up Bairstow (33), Ravindra (1-76) including Brook after his transient boundary blitz and Glenn Phillips (2-17) bowling Moeen Ali (11).

Root and Buttler appeared to have steadied issues with their spectacular stand, the previous mentioning a thirty seventh ODI fifty off 57 balls within the course of, till Henry returned to account for the skipper, caught behind.

Then, approaching the 40-over mark and with one other partnership constructing between Root and Liam Livingstone (20), Boult (1-48) deceived the latter with a brilliantly-disguised knuckleball.

Phillips then claimed the important thing wicket of Root, bowled when trying to reverse-sweep a ball that was a contact too full, earlier than Curran (14) and Woakes (11) got here and went with out doing a lot harm.

Adil Rashid (15no) and Wooden (13no) no less than ensured England batted out their full 50-over allocation, nevertheless it seemed to be an under-par whole and so it proved quite emphatically.

Curran claimed Younger to a tickled edge down the legside as a part of two opening maidens, however the often dependable Woakes conceded 27 from his first three overs, whereas Wooden coughed up 38 in three when relieving his fellow fast.

The spinners introduced no respite, with Ravindra racing via to a 36-ball fifty with an enormous six over deep midwicket off Moeen and Conway matching that effort for pace as a boundary off Rashid’s subsequent noticed him to his half-century.

Conway ultimately overtook his associate, reaching three figures – his fifth ODI century, off 83 deliveries – to start out the twenty seventh over, with Ravindra following via to the milestone, off 82 balls, within the thirty first.

The pair caught it via to the end, the scoring fee exhibiting no let-up, as New Zealand clinched probably the most convincing of opening victories. England are left to lick their wounds and with a lot to mull over earlier than their subsequent match towards Bangladesh on Tuesday.

What’s subsequent?

The Cricket World Cup continues with a conflict between Pakistan and the Netherlands on Friday, whereas hosts India open their event on Sunday in a mouth-watering matchup towards Australia – each video games stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 9am (first ball at 9.30am).

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As for England, they will look to get their first win on the board towards Bangladesh on Tuesday, with that recreation additionally stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket on the earlier time of 5.30am (first ball at 6am). Full World Cup fixture list and timings can be found here.

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