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Netherlands Vs South Africa

ICC Cricket World Cup
15th Match, October 17, 2023, Dharamsala
South Africa won the toss, and they decided to field first.

Netherlands won by 38 runs
Man of the match:- Scott Andrew Edwards

I’m sure there are plenty of fans staying up and watching the game. There are always a lot of supporters around. I am grateful for the support. Hopefully, a few messages from them We came into the tournament because we wanted to have a chance in the semi-finals, and if you want to do that, you have to beat teams, and South Africa is one of the favorites the way they are playing, so it is a good win for us. Hopefully, a few more wins will come.

Temba Bavuma :- We were clinical against Australia. We could have controlled the extras. The fielding wasn’t up to standard. It’s not the same standard we had against Australia. From 112 to 6, you shouldn’t have allowed them to go past 200. We dropped the ball there but were still confident with the chase. But they were able to extract some deficiencies in our batting. We need to have some conversations with the boys. You had to let the emotion seep in. It will hurt. Our campaign is not over by any stretch of imagination. That was a proper display from them. They put us under pressure throughout.

Sri-Lanka Vs Australia

ICC Cricket World Cup
14th Match, October 16, 2023, Lucknow
Sri-Lanka won the toss, and they decided to bat first.

Australia won by 5 wickets
Man of the match:- Adam Zampa

To be honest, I did not feel great. I have been sporting a back spasm for a couple of days, but maybe I bowled better today. I think that was the captain’s decision to bowl the offspinner to the lefties. Personally, I couldn’t bowl better in the last game, and to be honest, I feel I can do better, but it’s good to be at the better end of the result tonight. Again, I didn’t feel at my best but wanted to try and keep my wicket-taking attitude. We have a big game against Pakistan in Bangalore; that’s going to be a tough one.

Cummins:- I am happy today. It was probably that nothing was said, and it was just on the back of two losses… The energy in the field was nice to start with, and everything else flowed. Again, they started really well, but the way all the bowlers came in, hit the wicket, and did their job, it was a great effort. I can’t read these wickets. About 300 [would’ve been par] maybe. Outside noise doesn’t bother us too much. I hope so; all parts of the game came together at the end. We’re sort of underway in the tournament and hope we keep it up.

Afghanistan Vs England

ICC Cricket World Cup
13th Match, October 15, 2023, Delhi
England won the toss, and they decided to field first.

Afghanistan’s all-round performance crashed England, the 2019 champions.
Afghanistan will fancy their chances again next game in Chennai, where they will face New Zealand, on the back of this win.

Afghanistan won by 69 runs
Man of the match:- Mujeeb Ur Rahman

It was a very proud moment for Afghanistan- to be here at the World Cup and beat the champions. This is a great achievement for the whole team, and this is the kind of opportunity we have been working hard for. Wonderful performances by the bowlers and the batters. As a spinner, it is pretty hard to bowl in the powerplay. But I have been working in the nets. There is not much room for error to bowl wide, so I have tried to bowl wicket-to-wicket. We knew that Dew would play some part, and that is why I wanted to bowl in the powerplay. The ball was holding a little bit as well. Even if there was dew, I was mentally prepared. Not to give much room and bowl in the right areas.

Afghanistan captain, Hashmatullah Shahidi
I am quite happy and all my team members are happy. This was the best win. The confidence will be there for the next game and the whole Afghanistan will be happy and proud with this win. We had a good start and credit goes to Gurbaz for that. He was with us from last two years but did not get too many chances. Me and the coach believed in him and we really appreciate his effort.

5th Match, India Vs Australia

ICC Cricket World Cup
5th Match, October 08, 2023, Chennai
India Vs Australia
Australia won the toss, and they decided to bat first.

Australia Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c & b Kuldeep Yadav	41	52	76	6	0	78.84
Mitchell Marsh	c Kohli b Bumrah	0	6	11	0	0	0
Steven Smith	b Jadeja	46	71	112	5	0	64.78
Marnus Labuschagne	c Rahul b Jadeja	27	41	58	1	0	65.85
Glenn Maxwell	b Kuldeep Yadav	15	25	44	1	0	60
Alex Carey	lbw b Jadeja	0	2	1	0	0	0
Cameron Green	c Pandya b Ashwin	8	20	31	0	0	40
Pat Cummins (C)	c Iyer b Bumrah	15	24	26	1	1	62.5
Mitchell Starc	c Iyer b Mohammed Siraj	28	35	58	2	1	80
Adam Zampa	c Kohli b Pandya	6	20	28	0	0	30
Josh Hazlewood	not out	1	1	6	0	0	100
Extras	(lb 6, w 6)	12
TOTAL	49.3 Overs (RR: 4.02)	199

India Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jasprit Bumrah	10	0	35	2	3.5	41	1	1	4	0
Mohammed Siraj	6.3	1	26	1	4	26	3	0	2	0
Hardik Pandya	3	0	28	1	9.33	8	6	0	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	10	1	34	1	3.4	32	2	0	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav	10	0	42	2	4.2	31	2	1	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	10	2	28	3	2.8	38	2	0	0	0

India Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma (C)	lbw b Hazlewood	0	6	10	0	0	0
Ishan Kishan	c Green b Starc	0	1	3	0	0	0
Virat Kohli	c Labuschagne b Hazlewood	85	116	171	6	0	73.27
Shreyas Iyer	c Warner b Hazlewood	0	3	2	0	0	0
KL Rahul	not out	97	115	180	8	2	84.34
Hardik Pandya	not out	11	8	17	0	1	137.5
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 5)	8
TOTAL	41.2 Ov (RR: 4.86)	201/4

Australia Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	8	0	31	1	3.87	28	2	0	3	0
Josh Hazlewood	9	1	38	3	4.22	33	3	1	1	0
Pat Cummins	6.2	0	33	0	5.21	19	2	1	1	1
Glenn Maxwell	8	0	33	0	4.12	24	1	1	0	0
Cameron Green	2	0	11	0	5.5	7	2	0	0	0
Adam Zampa	8	0	53	0	6.62	13	4	0	0	0

India won by 6 wickets
Man of the match:- KL Rahul

South Africa Vs Sri Lanka

ICC Cricket World Cup
4th Match, October 07, 2023, Delhi
South Africa Vs Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka won the toss, and they decided to field first.

South Africa Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Quinton de Kock	c de Silva b Pathirana	100	84	140	12	3	119.04
Temba Bavuma (C)	lbw b Madushanka	8	5	9	2	0	160
Rassie van der Dussen	c Samarawickrama b Wellalage	108	110	161	13	2	98.18
Aiden Markram	c Rajitha b Madushanka	106	54	84	14	3	196.29
Heinrich Klaasen	c Shanaka b Rajitha	32	20	30	1	3	160
David Miller	not out	39	21	36	3	2	185.71
Marco Jansen	not out	12	7	15	0	1	171.42
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 21)	23
TOTAL	50 Overs (RR: 8.56)	428/5

Sri Lanka Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kasun Rajitha	10	1	90	1	9	24	8	5	2	0
Dilshan Madushanka	10	0	86	2	8.6	25	12	1	3	1
Dasun Shanaka	6	0	36	0	6	10	1	1	0	0
Dhananjaya de Silva	4	0	39	0	9.75	9	4	2	1	0
Matheesha Pathirana	10	0	95	1	9.5	22	10	2	5	0
Dunith Wellalage	10	0	81	1	8.1	27	10	3	2	0

Sri Lanka Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	b Jansen	0	3	6	0	0	0
Kusal Perera	b Jansen	7	15	42	1	0	46.66
Kusal Mendis	c Klaasen b Rabada	76	42	55	4	8	180.95
Sadeera Samarawickrama	c Jansen b Coetzee	23	19	22	3	1	121.05
Charith Asalanka	c sub (RR Hendricks) b Ngidi	79	65	83	8	4	121.53
Dhananjaya de Silva	c sub (AL Phehlukwayo) b Maharaj	11	14	28	1	0	78.57
Dasun Shanaka (C)	b Maharaj	68	62	86	6	3	109.67
Dunith Wellalage	c Klaasen b Coetzee	0	1	2	0	0	0
Kasun Rajitha	c Markram b Coetzee	33	31	52	4	1	106.45
Matheesha Pathirana	b Rabada	5	16	25	1	0	31.25
Dilshan Madushanka	not out	4	2	4	1	0	200
Extras	(lb 5, nb 1, w 14)	20
TOTAL	44.5 Overs (RR: 7.27)	326

South Africa Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lungi Ngidi	8	1	49	1	6.12	30	3	4	2	0
Marco Jansen	10	0	92	2	9.2	31	10	6	3	0
Kagiso Rabada	7.5	0	50	2	6.38	22	3	2	2	1
Keshav Maharaj	10	0	62	2	6.2	33	6	2	2	0
Gerald Coetzee	9	0	68	3	7.55	26	7	3	1	0

South Africa won by 102 runs
Man of the match:- Aiden Markram

Afghanistan Vs Bangladesh

ICC Cricket World Cup
3rd Match, October 07, 2023, Dharamsala
Afghanistan Vs Bangladesh
The Bangladesh won the toss, and they decided to field first.

Afghanistan Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c Tanzid Hasan b Mustafizur Rahman	47	62	112	4	1	75.8
Ibrahim Zadran	c Tanzid Hasan b Shakib Al Hasan	22	25	41	3	1	88
Rahmat Shah	c Litton Das b Shakib Al Hasan	18	25	30	1	0	72
Hashmatullah Shahidi (C)	c Towhid Hridoy b Mehidy Hasan Miraz	18	38	34	2	0	47.36
Najibullah Zadran	b Shakib Al Hasan	5	13	16	0	0	38.46
Mohammad Nabi	b Taskin Ahmed	6	12	19	0	0	50
Azmatullah Omarzai	b Shoriful Islam	22	20	32	4	0	110
Rashid Khan	b Mehidy Hasan Miraz	9	16	16	1	0	56.25
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	b Mehidy Hasan Miraz	1	4	9	0	0	25
Naveen-ul-Haq	c Towhid Hridoy b Shoriful Islam	0	6	8	0	0	0
Fazalhaq Farooqi	not out	0	3	3	0	0	0
Extras	(w 8)	8
TOTAL	37.2 Overs (RR: 4.17)	156

Bangladesh Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Taskin Ahmed	6	0	32	1	5.33	23	3	1	1	0
Shoriful Islam	6.2	1	34	2	5.36	23	5	0	2	0
Mustafizur Rahman	7	1	28	1	4	26	2	1	0	0
Shakib Al Hasan	8	0	30	3	3.75	28	3	0	0	0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	9	3	25	3	2.77	38	1	0	1	0
Mahmudullah	1	0	7	0	7	3	1	0	0	0

Bangladesh Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tanzid Hasan	run out (Najibullah Zadran)	5	13	19	1	0	38.46
Litton Das	b Fazalhaq Farooqi	13	18	29	2	0	72.22
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	c Rahmat Shah b Naveen-ul-Haq	57	73	89	5	0	78.08
Najmul Hossain Shanto	not out	59	83	112	3	1	71.08
Shakib Al Hasan (c)	c Fazalhaq Farooqi b Azmatullah Omarzai	14	19	24	2	0	73.68
Mushfiqur Rahim †	not out	2	3	6	0	0	66.66
Extras	(lb 3, nb 1, w 4)	8
TOTAL	34.4 Overs (RR: 4.55)	158/4

Afghanistan Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fazalhaq Farooqi	5	0	19	1	3.8	22	2	0	2	0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	7	0	30	0	4.28	26	3	1	0	0
Naveen-ul-Haq	5.4	0	31	1	5.47	14	2	0	1	1
Rashid Khan	9	0	48	0	5.33	24	5	0	0	0
Mohammad Nabi	6	1	18	0	3	20	0	0	1	0
Azmatullah Omarzai	2	0	9	1	4.5	7	1	0	0	0

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Man of the match:- Mehidy Hasan Miraz

Pakistan Vs Netherlands, October 06, 2023

ICC Cricket World Cup
2nd Match (D/N), October 06, 2023, Hyderabad
Pakistan Vs Netherlands
The Netherlands won the toss, and they decided to field first.

Pakistan Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Fakhar Zaman	c & b van Beek	12	15	14	3	0	80
Imam-ul-Haq	c Dutt b van Meekeren	15	19	41	2	0	78.94
Babar Azam (c)	c Saqib Zulfiqar b Ackermann	5	18	20	0	0	27.77
Mohammad Rizwan	b de Leede	68	75	101	8	0	90.66
Saud Shakeel	c Saqib Zulfiqar b Dutt	68	52	80	9	1	130.76
Iftikhar Ahmed	c Edwards b de Leede	9	11	16	1	0	81.81
Mohammad Nawaz	run out (van Meekeren/Ackermann)	39	43	62	4	0	90.69
Shadab Khan	b de Leede	32	34	42	2	1	94.11
Hasan Ali	lbw b de Leede	0	1	1	0	0	0
Shaheen Shah Afridi	not out	13	12	22	2	0	108.33
Haris Rauf	st Edwards b Ackermann	16	14	10	2	1	114.28
Extras	(nb 1, w 8)	9
TOTAL	49 Overs (RR: 5.83)	286

Netherlands Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Aryan Dutt	10	0	48	1	4.8	37	7	0	2	0
Logan van Beek	6	0	30	1	5	20	4	0	1	0
Colin Ackermann	8	1	39	2	4.87	26	1	2	0	0
Paul van Meekeren	6	0	40	1	6.66	16	5	0	2	0
Bas de Leede	9	0	62	4	6.88	22	9	0	3	0
Roelof van der Merwe	6	0	36	0	6	14	2	1	0	1
Vikramjit Singh	2	0	16	0	8	5	3	0	0	0
Saqib Zulfiqar	2	0	15	0	7.5	3	2	0	0	0

Netherlands Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vikramjit Singh	c Fakhar Zaman b Shadab Khan	52	67	97	4	1	77.61
Max O’Dowd	c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Hasan Ali	5	12	24	1	0	41.66
Colin Ackermann	b Iftikhar Ahmed	17	21	24	3	0	80.95
Bas de Leede	b Mohammad Nawaz	67	68	92	6	2	98.52
Teja Nidamanuru	c Fakhar Zaman b Haris Rauf	5	9	10	1	0	55.55
Scott Edwards ©	lbw b Haris Rauf	0	2	2	0	0	0
Saqib Zulfiqar	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	10	18	24	1	0	55.55
Roelof van der Merwe	run out (Babar Azam/†Mohammad Rizwan)	4	7	18	0	0	57.14
Logan van Beek	not out	28	28	36	3	1	100
Aryan Dutt	b Hasan Ali	1	2	6	0	0	50
Paul van Meekeren	b Haris Rauf	7	12	17	1	0	58.33
Extras	(w 9)	9
TOTAL	41 Overs (RR: 5.00)	205

Pakistan Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaheen Shah Afridi	7	0	37	1	5.28	26	5	0	2	0
Hasan Ali	7	1	33	2	4.71	31	6	0	4	0
Haris Rauf	9	0	43	3	4.77	33	5	1	2	0
Iftikhar Ahmed	3	0	16	1	5.33	7	1	0	0	0
Mohammad Nawaz	7	0	31	1	4.42	23	2	1	0	0
Shadab Khan	8	0	45	1	5.62	23	1	2	1	0

Pakistan won by 81 runs
Man of the match:- Saud Shakeel

Saud Shakeel
Pakistan Vs Netherlands, October 06, 2023

Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway destroyed England

ICC Cricket World Cup, 1st Match, Ahmedabad, October 5, 2023

England vs. New Zealand
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field first.

Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra destroy England.
New Zealand won by nine wickets.

England’s Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jonny Bairstow	c Mitchell b Santner	33	35	57	4	1	94.28
Dawid Malan	c Latham b Henry	14	24	36	2	0	58.33
Joe Root	b Phillips	77	86	140	4	1	89.53
Harry Brook	c Conway b Ravindra	25	16	20	4	1	156.25
Moeen Ali	b Phillips	11	17	20	1	0	64.7
Jos Buttler (C)	c Latham b Henry	43	42	48	2	2	102.38
Liam Livingstone	c Henry b Boult	20	22	23	3	0	90.9
Sam Curran	c Latham b Henry	14	19	30	0	0	73.68
Chris Woakes	c Young b Santner	11	12	15	1	0	91.66
Adil Rashid	not out	15	13	23	0	1	115.38
Mark Wood	not out	13	14	19	0	0	92.85
Extras	(w 6)	6
TOTAL	50 Overs (RR: 5.64)	282/9

New Zealand Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Trent Boult	10	1	48	1	4.8	34	3	2	1	0
Matt Henry	10	1	48	3	4.8	31	6	0	0	0
Mitchell Santner	10	0	37	2	3.7	26	0	0	1	0
James Neesham	7	0	56	0	8	15	5	2	2	0
Rachin Ravindra	10	0	76	1	7.6	14	6	2	0	0
Glenn Phillips	3	0	17	2	5.66	5	1	0	0	0

New Zealand Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Devon Conway	not out	152	121	147	19	3	126
Will Young	c Buttler b Curran	0	1	5	0	0	0
Rachin Ravindra	not out	123	96	141	11	5	128
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 3)	8
TOTAL	36.2 Overs (RR: 7.78)	283/1

England’s Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Woakes	6	0	45	0	7.5	18	7	1	0	0
Sam Curran	6	2	47	1	7.83	17	6	1	2	0
Mark Wood	5	0	55	0	11	9	7	2	1	0
Moeen Ali	9.2	0	60	0	6.42	20	2	3	0	0
Adil Rashid	7	0	47	0	6.71	15	4	1	0	0
Liam Livingstone	3	0	24	0	8	7	4	0	0	0

New Zealand won by nine wickets.
Man of the match:- Rachin Ravindra

ICC Cricket Men’s World Cup 2023, 1st Match, Ahmedabad, 5th October 2023, D/N, 2PM IST, England Vs New Zealand

England Vs New Zealand

In the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup final, these two teams engaged in an exciting game of cricket. But regrettably, the boundary counts cost New Zealand the cup.
New Zealand wants to return the favor and prove to the world that they are a serious competitor to win the World Cup. . Stokes and Williamson will not risk playing in the early stages of the tournament due to miner injuries.

New Zealand’s likely 11

1 Will Young
2 Devon Conway
3 Glenn Phillips
4 Daryl Mitchell
5 Tom Latham (Capt/Wk)
6 James Neesham
7 Mitchell Santner
8 Matt Henry
9 Ish Sodhi
10 Lockie Ferguson
11 Trent Boult

England’s likely 11

1 Dawid Malan
2 Jonny Bairstow
3 Joe Root
4 Ben Stokes/Harry Brook
5 Jos Buttler (Capt/wk)
6 Liam Livingstone
7 Sam Curran
8 Mark Wood
9 Chris Woakes
10 Adil Rashid
11 Reece Topley

Prediction:- New Zealand 52%, England 48%

Virat Kohli Vs Babar Azam

Virat Kohli’s aggravation and Babar Azam’s calmness will be a talk when India plays Pakistan on October 14 at the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Virat Kohli vs Babar Azam: Battle of the Cricket Titans

Cricket, often referred to as the “gentleman’s game”, has produced many great players who have left an indelible mark on the game. In the contemporary cricket world, two names stand out prominently – Virat Kohli- the Indian run-machine and Babar Azam- Pakistan’s elegant stylist.

Both are exceptional talents, each with their own unique style and approach to the game. Let’s dive into the world of cricket and find out interesting comparisons between these two modern legends.

ODI’s stats before the World Cup 2023

Virat Vs Pakistan

ODIs	Overall	Vs Pakistan
Match	281	15
Innings	269	15
Runs	13083	662
Not Out’s	41	3
Highest	183	183
Ave	57	55
SR	93	100.6
100’s	47	3
50’s	66	2
6s	142	7
4s	1226	60

Babar Azam Vs India

ODIs	Overall	Vs India
Match	108	7
Innings	105	6
Runs	5409	168
Not Out’s	12	0
Highest	158	48
Ave	58	28
SR	89	72
100’s	19	0
50’s	28	0
6s	56	1
4s	488	16