ODI World Cup 2023: England keeps a decent fighting score against the Kiwis

England scored a total of 282/9 in the first match of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023

New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first, which favored them. England openers Jonny Bristow (33) and David Malan (14) started rapidly but were dismissed by Kiwi seamers soon. The fall of wickets didn’t stop as Latham and his boys kept the pressure on the batting team. Matt Henry claimed three wickets to his name. However, Joe Root and Buttler handled the innings for a while, which looked dangerous until the England skipper was sent back to the pavilion for a quick 43 off 42 balls.

Root kept going and scored 77 off 86 balls until he was bowled by part-timer Glenn Philips. Wickets started to fall after this, and England were down to nine wickets for 252 runs. The last wicket partnership managed to add a few more runs to bring a decent total of 282 runs for 9 wickets in their play of game.

Advertisement

New Zealand now has to chase the target against the fiery England bowlers to win the first game of the tournament at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Ahmedabad Plane Crash