Star duo Smith, Starc out of Australia's tour of South Africa
Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc have been ruled out of Australia's white-ball tour of South Africa with injuries, but are expected to be fit for the Cricket World Cup.
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Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc have been ruled out of Australia's white-ball tour of South Africa with injuries, but are expected to be fit for the Cricket World Cup.
When Aryansh Sharma was preparing to leave home ahead of his T20 international debut on Thursday, he might have been minded to pack his autograph book alongside his bat, pads and wicketkeeping gloves.
A half-century by Tim Seifert and a scorching five-wicket haul by pacer Tim Southee helped New Zealand clinch a hard-fought, narrow win against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first match of the three-match T20I series in Dubai on Thursday. With this win, NZ has a 1-0 lead over UAE, who fought really hard to push NZ to their limits. Put to bat first by UAE, NZ lost opener Chad Bowes on the very first ball.
UAE vs NZ, 1st T20I, Live Updates:United Arab Emirates skipper Muhammed Waseem won the toss and opted to bowl against New Zealand in the first T20I of the three-match series on Thursday in Dubai. The Blackcaps will be playing their first T20I match since April and will look to prepare for the upcoming series against England and the T20 World Cup 2024. Interestingly, the two teams have never played a T20I match against each other before and this will be first time that New Zealand and UAE will be squaring off against each other in the shortest format. (Live Scorecard)
Not so long ago, the arrival of a side from a Test-playing nation to face the UAE in full international cricket was more or less unheard of.
The 2023 ODI World Cup is all set to get underway on October 5 with the opening match slated to be played between England and New Zealand -- the finalists of the previous edition -- at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The summit clash of the tournament will also be played at the same venue on November 19. England were the champions of the 2019 World Cup while the Blackcaps ended as the runners-up after a dramatic final at Lord's. Ahead of the mega event this year, fans and cricket experts have started predicting on which teams will be qualifying for the knockouts and which teams will be playing the final.
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LONDON: England's Harry Brook missed out on a maiden test century against Australia as the visitors edged an absorbing opening day of the fifth and final Ashes test at the Oval on Thursday (Jul 27).