India will take on England in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in Match No. 29 on Sunday, October 29 in Lucknow. India are the only undefeated side in the tournament while England are gasping for breath with four losses in five matches in the competition.
New Zealand suffered their second consecutive loss in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup as they went down to Australia by just five runs in a thriller. While Netherlands ended Bangladesh's campaign with an 87-run win. As India take on England on Sunday, let's take a look at the points table-
The defending champions England suffered their fourth defeat in five games to slip further down in the ICC World Cup 2023 points table. Sri Lanka boosted to the fifth place with a dominating eight-wicket win against England in Bengaluru on Thursday.
England registered the lowest ODI total at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium as they were bowled out on just 156 runs against Sri Lanka in their fifth World Cup 2023 match. Lahiru Kumara took three wickets while returning veteran Angelo Mathews shone with two valuable picks.
England openers Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan started well with a 45-run stand for the opening wicket but a series of silly errors led to an embarrassing collapse against Sri Lanka in a must-win World Cup 2023 game at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Sri Lanka are seventh on the points table with a solitary win and a net run rate of -1.048 whereas England are eighth with two points and a net run rate (NRR) of -1.248. The two sides will lock horns with each other in a must-win World Cup encounter on Thursday.
23 matches are done and dusted in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 and the race to qualification has started heating up with six out of 10 teams in fray. India are flying high with South Africa and New Zealand breathing down their neck. Here's everything explained regarding knockouts.
England Test opener Alex Lees, who is out of favour currently with Ben Duckett making a mark, revealed an incident where he had a run-in with the former Indian captain Virat Kohli during the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston last year. Lees said that Kohli was acting like a 'bit of an idiot'.
"We are rewarding those players who we expect to make a significant impact over the coming years playing for England. It is great news and a credit to the players for demonstrating their commitment to English cricket in the ever-changing landscape of the sport" Rob Key said
England's pace reserves were rummaged to look for Reece Topley's replacement for the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup after the left-arm pacer was ruled out of the tournament with a fractured finger. England will hope that a new addition can help in changes of fortune which they desperately need.
Reece Topley was one of the most important components of England's pace attack operating in the ongoing World Cup 2023. The tall pacer will now undergo rehabilitation to script a comeback into the side. England have already lost three out of their four matches in the marquee tournament.
England, the defending champions, suffered their third loss in four matches so far in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup as South Africa handed them a colossal 229-run defeat in Mumbai on Saturday, October 21. The Jos Buttler-led side has left very little room to breathe for itself.
"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.
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