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NEW DELHI : New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss the opening game of the 50-overs World Cup against England on Oct. 5 as he continues to recover from a knee injury, the 2019 finalists said on Friday.
The Cricket World Cup 2023 is just round the corner and the ten competing teams have officially submitted their final squads for the competition. India and Australia made late changes to their 15-member squads as Ravichandran Ashwin replaced the injured Axar Patel while Marnus Labuschagne was rewarded for his brilliant run of form in the recently concluded ODI series against India. The tournament will begin on October 5 with England taking on New Zealand. Hosts India will begin their campaign in the competition against Australia in Chennai on October 8.
England crushed New Zealand by 100 runs in the fourth one-day international on Friday to seal a morale-boosting 3-1 series victory ahead of their World Cup title defence. Jos Buttler's power-packed team were indebted to opener Dawid Malan, who made a sparkling 127 off 114 balls in a total of 311-9 from 50 overs at a sun-drenched Lord's. New Zealand, dramatically beaten by England in the 2019 World Cup final on the same ground, struggled badly in their run chase, slumping to 211 all out in 38.2 overs.
LONDON : Opener Dawid Malan hit a superb century before Moeen Ali grabbed four wickets as England beat New Zealand by 100 runs in the fourth one-day international on Friday for a 3-1 series victory.
England vs New Zealand 4th ODI Live Updates: New Zealand aim to end the series at 2-2 when they take on England in the fourth and final ODI match at Lord's, London on Friday. On the other hand, hosts England, who are 2-1 ahead, would aim to seal the series. The Blackcaps kicked off the series with an eight-wicket win. England bounced back with two consecutive wins. They first levelled the series with a 79-run win and then registered a convincing 181-run victory in the third ODI. (LIVE SCORECARD)
ENG vs NZ, 3rd ODI Live: New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl against England in the third ODI of a four-match series at The Oval in London. With two games down and two more to go, both teams will get the ideal preparations heading into the World Cup. Defending World Cup champions England levelled the series in Southampton on Monday, after the hammering in the opener in Cardiff. Jos Buttler wants his side to be ultra positive, while Kiwi skipper Tom Latham has hinted at more rotation of players for the next two games. (Live Scorecard)
New Zealand Cricket came up with a heartwarming way to announce the squad for ICC World Cup 2023 and the video posted on their social media handles has gone viral. The video featured family members of the New Zealand cricket team players who introduced them with their name and jersey numbers. "Our 2023 @cricketworldcup squad introduced by their number 1 fans!" BlackCaps captioned the video posted on 'X' (formerly twitter). The video featured Kane Williamson's family, Trent Boult's sons, Rachin Ravindra's parents and Jimmy Neesham's grandmother and many other family members of the cricketers.
Kane Williamson was included in New Zealand's ODI World Cup squad despite still working his way back to fitness after a serious knee injury last April.