Mitchell Santner took two wickets during New Zealand's World Cup 2023 match against Sri Lanka at Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Santner equals Daniel Vettori's record for most wickets in the ODI World Cup edition to script history.
World Cup 2023: Netherlands were kicked from the semifinal race after a huge defeat against England on Wednesday leaving New Zealand, Pakistan and Afghanistan completing for the remaining berth to secure the knockout qualification.
The first semifinal of the ongoing World Cup will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai whereas the second semifinal will be organised at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India are still awaiting the results of the remaining fixtures of the round-robin stage to find out their semifinal opponent.
NZ vs SL Pitch Report: New Zealand have won four of their eight group stage match report and are placed in the fourth place in the points table. A win against Sri Lanka will confirm their place in the semis but they need to depend of favourable results from other games.
“With Ajaz, Ish, Mitch, Glenn and Rachin, we have a strong spin group that will offer good variety and options during the series. Mitch had a strong back half of the Plunket Shield campaign last summer and has made good strides in his red-ball bowling," NZC selector Sam Wells said.
Pakistan recorded a thrilling 21-run win against New Zealand on the DLS method and jumped to fifth position in the World Cup 2023 points table with eight points. They face bottom-placed England in their last game and can secure a semifinal qualification with a win.
Rachin Ravindra's third hundred in World Cup 2023 and a brilliant 95-run knock from the returning captain Kane Williamson boosted New Zealand to a huge total of 401 runs. But rain favoured Pakistan who scored 200 runs in just 25.3 overs to clinch the victory on the DLS method.
NZ vs PAK Pitch Report: The regular skipper Kane Williamson is expected to return to the playing eleven for New Zealand in a crucial 35th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Pakistan are likely to miss injured all-rounder Shadab Khan for the consecutive game.
South Africa are just one win away from cementing a berth in the semifinals as they already have 12 points to their credit. The Proteas last played in a 50-over World Cup semi-final during the 2015 edition which was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
South Africa have won six out of their seven games in the ongoing World Cup 2023 thus far. They have pipped the Men in Blue to claim the top position on the points table with the help of a better net run rate.
New Zealand will take on South Africa in a crunch encounter in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in Pune on Wednesday, November 1. New Zealand have lost their last two games and will be keen to get back on to the winning ways with the likes of India and the Proteas running away with regular wins.
Team India won their sixth match of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup and these were probably the most satisfying two points that the Men in Blue have earned in the tournament so far, especially since the margin of the win was 100 runs even after posting a modest total of 229 runs.
No game went to the last over in the first 25 matches and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup has seen thrillers in the last two encounters as after PAK-SA, Australia and New Zealand played a high-scoring nail-biter in Dharamsala with the five-time champions prevailing by just five runs.
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.
New Zealand lost to the Rohit Sharma-led India in their last World Cup game while playing at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (HPCA) in Dharamsala. While India are at the top of the points table with five wins in as many games, New Zealand have a better net run rate and are second.
New Zealand suffered their first loss of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup against India in Dharamsala on Sunday, October 22. While New Zealand got most things right including a fourth ODI century in 2023 itself by Daryl Mitchell, Mohammed Shami and Virat Kohli's outings proved to be too good.
Former India captain Virat Kohli was all praise for New Zealand ahead of the table-toppers clash in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup in Dharamsala on Sunday. Kohli commended the New Zealand team's structure and consistency and that a side has to be at the top of its game to beat the Kiwis.
India and New Zealand clash against each other after winning their respective opening four games in the ICC World Cup 2023. New Zealand comfortably lead in the head-to-head record against India in the ODI World Cup history with five wins in nine games.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is currently nursing a thumb fracture which he sustained during the World Cup 2023 game against Bangladesh after being hit while running between the wickets. Williamson decided to have some fun while being on the path to recovery as he shared a picture with Khali.
New Zealand, India, South Africa and Pakistan remain in the top four after the 16th match of the ongoing World Cup 2023. Kane Williamson's absence doesn't seem to be hurting the Blackcaps at the moment as Tom Latham seems to marshalling his troops really well.
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