Here’s your round-up of from the latest round of World Cup warm-up fixtures on Monday, October 3 where England faced Bangladesh and New Zealand played South Africa.
New Zealand v South Africa
New Zealand won by seven runs (DLS method)
After posting 346 in less than 44 overs against Pakistan last week, the Black Caps went on to score over 300. Before retiring to give other batsmen a chance to test his form,Devon Conway continued his confident form with an unbeaten 78 off 73 pitches. did. There was good news regarding Kane Williamson’s fitness. He also hit 37 of 51 pitches before his retirement. Tom Latham also scored 50 and Glenn Phillips scored 43 from 40 overs as New Zealand posted 321-6 from 50 overs.
Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi shared the wickets, taking three each. South Africa fielded nine bowlers, including Heinrich Klassen, but their spinners proved very expensive.
Quinton de Kock was a positive for South Africa with an unbeaten 84 off 89 balls. Leeza Hendricks ducks in the first round of pursuitafter Trent Boult lands a brutal blow. Hendricks replaced captain Themba Bavuma, who had to fly back to South Africa before the start of the tournament, with Aiden Markram in charge.
Even though half a century had passed since Rassie van der Dussen, South Africa were one step closer when the rain came. It became impossible to play any further and South Africa increased the score to 211 for 4 from his 37th over, with New Zealand winning by seven runs.
A fine knock from Quinton de Kock in South Africa’s final warm-up match before they begin their World Cup campaign, but South Africa fall short by 7 runs on the DLS method.
New Zealand won 2/2 of their warm-up games before their opening match against England. # CWC2023 pic. twitter.com/Wf9Pp6r8cw
– Wisden (@WisdenCricket) 2. 2023 年 10 月
Boult picked Claasen as his second wicket and with figures of 2-20 from 5 overs, it was the bowler’s choice. Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi took a wicket each.
England v Bangladesh
England won by four wickets (DLS method)
The defending champions came into the match after getting completely out of hand in theiropening match against Indiaas Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka last week.
Reece Topley had a difficult start, conceding eight runs in two balls before bowling legally, but took two wickets and scored five runs in the next two overs. and finished 3-3 off. . 23.
Bangladesh’s score was 153-5 when rain interrupted the innings in the 30th over and the match was reduced to 37 overs for each team. David Willie took two wickets in two balls, dismissing Mehdi Hasan Miraz for 74 and getting Nasum Ahmed for a duck. Sam Curran, Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid also got on the wicket to give England’s bowlers a good performance ahead of Thursday’s tournament opener.
Bangladesh finished with 188 wins and 9 losses, with England’s target adjusted to 197 in 37 overs. Dawid Malan failed to repeat his form in the recent bilateral series against England and New Zealand and was dismissed in the first over. Jonny Bairstow hit a quick 34 off 21 balls before being bowled by Mustafizur Rahman.
Harry Brook and Jos Buttler both started, but England slumped and were unable to continue, falling to 114-5, but Moeen Ali hit a blistering 39-ball 56, including six sixes, to take England to the finish line. They got within four points. . Joe Root played in completely different circumstances to the rest of the team, finishing unbeaten in 26 of 40 matches and giving his all to score the winning point.
Runs: 56
Balls: 39
Sixes: 6Moeen Ali explodes in England’s final warm-up match 💥#CWC2023 pic.twitter.com/p5Yd0Ow7eq
– Wisden (@WisdenCricket) 2. 2023 年 10 月
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