In the opening match of the World Cup tournament on Thursday at the Narendra Modi Stadium, a spirited New Zealand team held England to a below average 282/9 score. With a score of 77, Joe Root led the way for the defending winners, and Matt Henry was the best bowler with figures of 3/48.
Tom Latham, the acting captain of New Zealand, decided to bowl first after winning the toss. While Joe Root held down a large portion of England’s innings, wickets were dropped often. England scored its most runs thanks to him and captain Jos Buttler’s 70 runs off 72 balls. Although they batted deeply, England lost six wickets before the 40th over. When Root fell for 77 off 86, they eventually found themselves in serious trouble. England’s final 10 overs proved to be difficult, but they eventually reached a total of 282/9 in 50 overs. Although New Zealand lost an early wicket, Rachin Ravindra(96 off 72 balls) and Devon Conway(152 off 121 balls) helped them score a number of runs
In only 83 deliveries, Conway eventually reached his century, and Ravindra is rapidly approaching his own milestone.
Conway and Ravindra have dominated the early phase of the pursuit in the England vs. New Zealand live score.
New Zealand and England Live Results: The early stages of the chase have been dominated by Conway and Ravindra (AP).
As was predicted, Kane Williamson is sitting out for the Kiwis and Ben Stokes is out for England. In 2019, England and New Zealand competed in what is now talked about and debated as the greatest cricket World Cup final of all time. If New Zealand wins the 2023 World Cup opener in a landslide, some of those arguments might be put to rest.Although he came out of ODI retirement for this tournament, Ben Stokes was a key player in that insane game at Lord’s, and England might be forced to play without him today. Stokes made a brilliant 182 against the Kiwis in his final ODI game. The past World Cup shown that any misstep might be costly as the group stage neared its conclusion. This is the first game of the group stage. If one wishes to recall what transpired during their previous matchup in an ODI World Cup, New Zealand was limited to a total of 2241/8.They appeared to be winning easily, but Stokes managed to score an unbeaten 84 out of 98 to draw the game. The Super Over that followed resulted in a draw. A second Super Over followed, and it again finished in a draw, but this time, England was given the victory since they had scored more boundaries than New Zealand during the competition.
