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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.
Kane Williamson showed his class in his first competitive outing in six months while Rachin Ravindra sizzled at the top of the order as New Zealand gunned down a 346-run target in their opening World Cup warm-up game against Pakistan Hyderabad on Friday. Barring the openers, Pakistan batters including Mohammad Rizwan (103 retired hurt off 91), Babar Azam (80 off 84) and Saud Shaukeel (75 off 53) had a good hit in the middle, helping their team post a daunting 345 for five in 50 overs.
NZ vs PAK, ICC Cricket World Cup Live: Pakistan are two wickets down against New Zealand in a ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 warm-up match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Earlier, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bat. Pakistan open their World Cup campaign against the Netherlands, before facing arch-rivals India in the over 130,000-seat Narendra Modi Stadium on October 14. New Zealand, on the other hand, play defending champions in the tournament opener in Ahmedabad on October 5. (Live Scorecard)
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson will miss the opening match of his team in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 against England as he continues to recover from knee surgery, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced the batter's availability update on Friday. Williamson was named in Blackcap's 15-member squad for the World Cup after returning from a six-month layoff. The New Zealand skipper will play the role of specialist batter in a warm-up match against Pakistan on Friday in Hyderabad with the aim of batting and fielding in their second and last warm-up against South Africa in Trivandrum on Monday.
New Zealand gave themselves a perfect boost ahead of the World Cup by whitewashing Bangladesh in the three-match series 2-0, with a seven wickets win in the final one-day international in Dhaka on Tuesday. Will Young and Adam Milne starred with bat and ball respectively, with Young hitting 70 off 80 balls to guide New Zealand to 175-3. Milne's 4-34 restricted the hosts to 171 in 34.3 overs at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Stand-in skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto scored highest with 76 runs for Bangladesh, but was unable to give the hosts a competitive score with a lack of support from the other end after he opted to bat first.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand 2nd ODI LIVE Score:The preparation for the ODI World Cup 2023 enters the final stages as Bangladesh take on New Zealand in the 2nd ODI of the 3-match series on Saturday. The two sides couldn't find a winner in the first match after the encounter was washed out due to rain. Before rain played spoilsport, Bangladesh bowlers had run riot in the match, sending five Kiwi batters packing for a score of 136. New Zealand batters would hope to produce a better show this time around. (LIVE Scorecard)
Bangladesh vs New Zealand First ODI Live Score Updates: Bangladesh skipper Litton Das won the toss and opt to bowl against New Zealand in the first ODI of the three-match series on Thursday. It has started raining at the venue - Dhaka - and covers have been put on. (Live Scorecard)
MIRPUR, Bangladesh: After failing to reach this month’s Asia Cup final, Bangladesh is hungry to gain a much-needed boost ahead of the 50-over World Cup by beating New Zealand in the three-match ODI series that starts on Thursday.Bangladesh rested a host of key players for the Asia Cup, captain Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Najmul Hossain and Towhid Hridoy among them, in order to keep them fresh and injury-free, although it has still not named its squad for next month’s World Cup.New Zealand has sent only five World Cup-bound players to Bangladesh, stand-in skipper Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Rachin Ravindra, Ish Sodhi and Will Young.Tamim Iqbal, who stepped down as ODI captain last month, is back for Bangladesh after recovering from a back problem. Mahmudullah, axed after the England series in March following poor form, also returns.Liton Das, who leads the side in Shakib’s absence, said: “There are many things to achieve from the series.