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HANGZHOU, China : Pakistan's first athletics world championship medallist Arshad Nadeem has pulled out of the Asian Games with a knee injury, foiling a javelin showdown with India's Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday.
HANGZHOU, China : Saudi Arabian distance runner Yousef Mohammed Alasiri tested positive for a banned substance at the Asian Games and has been provisionally suspended, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said.
India's superstar cricketers endured a 3,400km (2,170 miles) cross-country journey to play a Cricket World Cup warm-up only for the match to be abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday. India were to face the Netherlands in Thiruvananthapuram, on the southern tip of India, but they were left kicking their heels due to torrential rain. On Saturday, their scheduled game against defending champions England up in the north-eastern city of Guwahati was also washed out. In total, the wet weather has so far forced three warm-up matches to be abandoned while three others have been rain-affected, leaving teams and players frustrated ahead of the tournament's start on Thursday.
Australia edged out Pakistan by 14 runs in a high-scoring World Cup warm-up on Tuesday as India travelled 3,400km from one corner of the country to another only to be defeated by torrential rain. In Hyderabad, Australia made 351-7 from their 50 overs with Glenn Maxwell particularly ruthless on Pakistan's bowlers. Maxwell cracked 77 off 71 balls with four boundaries and six sixes. Cameron Green was undefeated on 50, David Warner clubbed three sixes in his 48 while Josh Inglis also made 48. Marnus Labuschagne, a late call-up by the five-time World Cup winners, contributed 40.
New Zealand will be opening their World Cup 2023 campaign against England on October 5 in Ahmedabad. Both the teams played in the final match of the 2019 edition of the ODI World Cup, where the Three Lions emerged victorious. With Kane Williamson returning from the injury to lead the team, the Blackcaps will aim to seal the coveted ICC trophy. New Zealand are one of the top contenders to win the ODI World Cup 2023.
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, World Cup Warm-Up Match, Live Updates:Afghanistan will be going up against Sri Lanka in their ODI World Cup 2023 warm-up match on Tuesday in Guwahati. Sri Lanka faced a shocking seven-wicket defeat against Bangladesh in their previous warm-up game. On the other hand, Afghanistan's warm-up match against South Africa got abandoned due to rain in Thiruvananthapuram. It will be a tough fight as both the teams will be putting their best foot forward. (Live Scorecard)
England cricket team star Jos Buttler picked his dream five-a-side ODI team and just one Indian cricket team batter was able to make the cut. Buttler did not include Virat Kohli but instead went with the India skipper Virat Kohli. When it comes to the batters, Buttler included South Africa's Quinton De Kock along with Rohit and picked Australia's Glenn Maxwell as the all-rounder option. In the bowling department, he went for South Africa pacer Andrich Nortje and his England teammate Adil Rashid.
England vs Bangladesh, Cricket World Cup Warm-Up Match, Highlights: England beat Bangladesh by four wickets courtesy Duckworth-Lewis method in their Cricket World Cup warm-up match. In the match at Guwahati which became a 37-overs-per-side affair, Bangladesh scored 188 for 9 riding on Mehidy Hasan Miraj's 74 off 89 balls. Tanzid Hasan with 45 was the other useful contributor. England used as many as nine bowlers with left-armer Reece Topley taking three wickets. In reply, England's revised target was 197 and they knocked it off in just 24.1 overs. Moeen Ali hit six sixes in his 56 off 39 balls while Jos Buttler hit a quick-fire 15-ball 30.(Scorecard)