Cricket world cup 2023 begins with a superb match between New Zealand vs England were New Zealand beat England by 9 wickets at the enormous Narendra Modi Stadium.
It was England who went on to bat first and scored 282 for the loss of 9 wickets where most of the players got a decent start but could not capitalize and make a big score except for Joe Root who made 77 runs the captain Jos Butler to had a great start and looked in good touch but got out by simple delivery of Matt Henry and scoring 43 runs, England could not attack the last 10 overs and finish the game in style has New Zealand picked up some key wickets at a critical time with Matt Henry taking 3 wickets New Zealand restricted England to a total of 282 which was a reasonable score.
New Zealand had a grumpy start with Will Young getting dismissed on the first ball of Sam Curran but England could not capitalize on this as Rachin Ravindra and Devon Convey began an assault on the England bowling attack both the kiwi scored a century with Convey hitting 152 and Ravindra scoring 123, Rachin Ravindra also was given the man of the match award for his brilliant all-round performance with a wicket and 123 runs as New Zealand beat England by 9 wickets.
As we go to Hyderabad for the second game of the tournament where Pakistan will play there first game of the world cup against Netherlands.