Here’s the round-up from second day of the 2023 World Cup warm-ups on September 30, where Australia faced the Netherlands and India took on England.
India vs England
No result (abandoned with a toss)
India won the toss and chose to bat first in Guwahati. About five minutes into the game, the heavens opened up and didn’t let up.
Soon the ground was covered with several wet spots. The cut-off time for the 20-over contest was 7.30pm local time, giving him at least 90 minutes for grounds staff to prepare the ground.
It became clear that it was going to rain soon, so both teams headed to their hotels before the game was officially cancelled. The last announcement was made at approximately 5:45 p.m.
Fans who arrived at Barsapara Stadium had to leave disappointed. Officials promised a full refund.
Australia vs Netherlands
No result
Another rainy match in Thiruvananthapuram ended without a result. After a long delay, the match was shortened to a 23-over contest starting around 7pm local time.
Australia’s opener was Steve Smith, who scored a brisk 55 off 42 balls. Contributions from Alex Carey (25 off 28), Cameron Green (26 off 34) and Mitchell Starc (22 off 24) helped Australia score over 160 points. p >
The Dutch bowlers held firm and prevented Australia from getting close to 200 points. Among them, Roelof van der Merwe was the favorite to win the championship with 2 wins and 12 losses from 3 overs. Logan van Beek and Bas de Lied also took two wickets each.
In response, the Netherlands was hit by a Stark storm early on. Max O’Dowd and Wesley Baresi ran back on the last two balls of the first over for a golden duck before coming back to beat de Lied with a perfect in-swinging yorker to complete his hat-trick. p>
At 15-4, it looked like the game was headed for an early end, but Colin Ackermann combined with Sibrand Engelbrecht and Scott Edwards to get the Netherlands over 75 points.
Due to another rain, the match had to be abandoned with the score 14.2 to 84:6.
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