"I thought Reece Topley going back out to bowl with a broken finger showed great spirit. We're still waiting on that, but it's very much looking like it's a crack. Certainly that's the early diagnosis, but we'll find out properly with X-rays," England coach Matthew Mott said.
Heinrich Klaasesn smashed 109 runs off just 67 balls and Marco Jansen scored 75* off 42 balls to help South Africa score 399 runs against England at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. Klaasen scored his first-ever World Cup century and claimed the Player of the Match award.
England vs South Africa pitch report for 21st October: England and South Africa enter their fourth World Cup 2023 game after suffering big upsets in their previous games. England suffered a loss against Afghanistan while Netherlands stunned South Africa to cause the biggest upsets in the tournament.
"[It was] a frustrating little niggle to get before the tournament starts. But I have worked very hard to get back to where I am and making myself ready to be available for selection," Ben Stokes said ahead of England's World Cup match against South Africa in Mumbai.
"We (England) lost to Sri Lanka in 2019. We lost to Pakistan in 2019. We still went through it. There were similar things that I'm sure you guys [the press] wrote in 2019 at the home World Cup," Jonny Bairstow said while speaking to Cricinfo.
Ben Stokes had played a crucial role in helping England win their first-ever World Cup in 2019 with numerous match-winning performances across games, including an unbeaten 84 in the summit clash versus New Zealand in the World Cup final.
England lost their World Cup opener to New Zealand by nine wickets and lost their second game of the ongoing World Cup at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi to Afghanistan. Ben Stokes is yet to regain his full fitness and that seems to be bothering the Three Lions.
India TV Sports Wrap on October 16: Afghanistan stunned defending champions England in one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. Afghanistan's defeat meant that Australia are at the bottom of the points table. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on October 16.
England batters were found out against Afghanistan's quality spin trio on a two-paced Delhi wicket to be on the receiving end of one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history. Indian great Sachin Tendulkar dissected why England faltered against the likes of Rashid Khan and Mujeeb ur Rahman.
England have been off to a middling start in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup and the start got even worse as they lost to Afghanistan in Delhi on Sunday, October 15. The frustration was visible on the players' faces and in their actions on the field.
Afghanistan pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Cricket World Cup as they handed England a 69-run defeat in Delhi on Sunday, October 15. The defending champions had no answers to the Afghan spin trio and were bowled out for 215.
England opened their account in the World Cup 2023 with a 137-run win against Bangladesh in Dharamsala on Tuesday, October 10. However, what caught fans' most attention from the team photo before the match was the difference in the font size of how 'England' was written on the jersey.
England registered a humongous victory that has done their net run rate (NRR) a world of good. The Jos Buttler-led side had got off to a poor start after getting comprehensively beaten by New Zealand in their World Cup opener. Dawid Malan was awarded the Player of the Match for his century.
The pitch at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala usually favours the pace bowlers early on and it might turn out to be the case yet again once England will take on Bangladesh at the venue in the seventh match of the ongoing World Cup 2023.
Day six of the ongoing ODI World Cup will witness the second doubleheader of the tournament as Bangladesh will take on the defending champions England in Dharmasala and Pakistan will be up against Sri Lanka at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
England captain Jos Buttler wasn't in full support of the decision to play at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala amid fears regarding the sandy outfield. Since the Mujeeb ur Rahman incident in the first game at the venue in the ongoing World Cup, the outfield of the ground is under the scanner.
England took on New Zealand in the first game of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad on Thursday, October 5 and a stunning record was scripted in the tournament opener. England, who were sent in to bat first by the Kiwis scored, 282 runs in the first innings.
New Zealand shot out England in the opening game of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 as they chased down 283 runs as easily as one could with 82 balls remaining. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra smashed hundreds after New Zealand bowled out England for just 282 on a good batting surface.
ODI World Cup 2023 is going to start from today on Indian soil. The first match will be played between England and NZ.
The current champion England and the last edition's runner-up New Zealand will clash in the ICC World Cup 2023 opening clash at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on October 5. Fans can enjoy live streaming of the opening World Cup game on the Disney+ Hotstar website and application.
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