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Men's ODI WC: Upset victims England meet South Africa with not a lot to separate the teams
Though it may sound a tad early to their fans, England are in trouble in the World Cup, having lost two of the three matches they have played so far. Their stunning 69-run defeat against minnows Afghanistan shook the tournament to the core. They had started the defence of their title with a 9-wicket defeat against New Zealand in a rematch of the 2019 final. Jos Buttler's team won their lone match so far against Bangladesh.
Aus vs Pak, World Cup 2023: Warner, Marsh centuries and Zampa's heroics power Australia to 62-run victory against Pakistan
Australia's World Cup campaign received a significant boost thanks to the breathtaking performances of Warner, who notched his 21st ODI century, and Marsh, who secured his second. The Australian opening duo combined for a remarkable partnership, accumulating 259 runs in just 203 deliveries. This achievement marked only the fourth instance in World Cup history where both openers recorded centuries in the same match.
Men’s ODI World Cup: Afridi scripts history, becomes only Pakistani bowler to take 5-wicket haul twice
Afridi was exceptional with the ball, picking up five wickets and conceding just 54 in his 10 overs.
Men’s ODI World Cup: Marsh goes past Ponting and Gilchrist to smash most sixes in an ODI World Cup match for Australia
Marsh slammed nine sixes in his 108-ball 121-run knock against Pakistan to set the record. The previous record was jointly held by Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist, who had slammed eight sixes each.
Men’s ODI World Cup: Ruthless Warner-Marsh record highest opening partnership for Australia
The ruthless batting helped them cross Shane Watson and Brad Haddin's record of 183 runs, against Canada back in the 2011 World Cup. Shaheen Shah Afridi picked the wicket of Mitchell Marsh ending a 259-run opening partnership.
Men's ODI WC: Australia’s challenge will be to get out Babar, Rizwan, says Paine
“In terms of Pakistan now, they are a hard team to read. They've got so much talent, they're extremely unpredictable, but with that, they are seriously dangerous. They've got the number one ranked ODI batsman in the world Babar Azam, he's on fire and his record against us is pretty good.”
Men's ODI WC: Bowlers keeping pressure on batters in middle overs is a big difference for us, says Shubman Gill
Bangladesh had ended first power-play at 63-0, before India staged a comeback in the middle-overs, led by spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, for the fourth straight time by picking five wickets and conceding only 126 runs to ensure the visitors’ never really recovered from the setback, making only 256 in their allotted 50 overs.
Men's ODI World Cup: Kohli hits unbeaten ton as India outplay Bangladesh for 7-wicket win
Kohli, playing a well-controlled inning, raised 44 runs for the second wicket with Shubman Gill (53), who also scored a half-century and an unbeaten 83-run partnership with KL Rahul, who scored a run-a-ball 34 as India reached 261/3 in 41.3 overs after restricting Bangladesh to 256/8 in 50 overs.
Men’s ODI World Cup: Stokes hints return to the England squad after “frustrating niggle” injury
The 32-year-old is set to return to the England squad on Saturday’s match against Proteas.
Men’s ODI World Cup: Injured Fakhar Zaman ruled out ahead of clash against Australia
Batting all-rounder Salman Agha, too, caught a fever on the Wednesday evening practice session and is still recovering. However, Fakhar was dropped after one match, and Salman is yet to play at this World Cup.
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