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[Jateng]

It is not going to be a repeat of 2019. New Zealand as of now is a much weakened squad. Even with the addition of Trent Boult, they are not one of the favorites. Regularly losing players to franchise T20 leagues have impacted their performance and the addition of players from South Africa (Devon Conway, Glenn Philips.etc) hasn't yet neutralized this loss. So for today's match, I would rather consider England as the overwhelming favorites. And it is going to be a tough task for New Zealand even to qualify for the semi-finals.

Today world cup start and first match between Defending champions England and Runner up NewZealand. The final match of world cup 19 England won match by super over on boundary counts. NewZealand batting first and posted a good total of 241/8 in 50 over. England are level the score 241/10 in 50 match. The Super over also score are level but England won in boundary counts. Head to head record ODI matches played 95 England won 44 and NewZealand also won 44 matches. NewZealand fast bowler trent boult required 3 wickets to complete his 200 ODI wickets. I think England are favourite to win this opening match.

[jasonjm]

England and New Zealand will play the opening match of the Cricket World Cup 2023 at Ahmedabad. On paper, both are very balanced teams, but when we talk about the form, I think England is the favourite to win the inaugural World Cup match. England is playing attacking cricket and will try to dominate New Zealand from the very first bowel. I am hoping to see a thrilling game of cricket.

[Sithara007]

It is not going to be a repeat of 2019. New Zealand as of now is a much weakened squad. Even with the addition of Trent Boult, they are not one of the favorites. Regularly losing players to franchise T20 leagues have impacted their performance and the addition of players from South Africa (Devon Conway, Glenn Philips.etc) hasn't yet neutralized this loss. So for today's match, I would rather consider England as the overwhelming favorites. And it is going to be a tough task for New Zealand even to qualify for the semi-finals.

Today world cup start and first match between Defending champions England and Runner up NewZealand. The final match of world cup 19 England won match by super over on boundary counts. NewZealand batting first and posted a good total of 241/8 in 50 over. England are level the score 241/10 in 50 match. The Super over also score are level but England won in boundary counts. Head to head record ODI matches played 95 England won 44 and NewZealand also won 44 matches. NewZealand fast bowler trent boult required 3 wickets to complete his 200 ODI wickets. I think England are favourite to win this opening match.

If Southee was there, then I would have said that New Zealand has a chance. But he is out due to injury and apart from Trent Boult none of the other Kiwi bowlers are in good form. Lockie Ferguson in particular has the habit of leaking runs on flat Indian pitches (and he will be playing today). And one more disadvantage with New Zealand is that they don't have any quality spinners with them. Mitchell Santner has tons of experience and Ish Sodhi is talented. But both of them doesn't have the ability to trouble the batsmen.

[LDL]

England and New Zealand will play the opening match of the Cricket World Cup 2023 at Ahmedabad. On paper, both are very balanced teams, but when we talk about the form, I think England is the favourite to win the inaugural World Cup match. England is playing attacking cricket and will try to dominate New Zealand from the very first bowel. I am hoping to see a thrilling game of cricket.

England is not the favorite team over New Zealand but there are doubts about the ODI World Cup matches being held this year as almost all the matches are likely to be played in DLS mode due to bad weather. A favorite team may or may not win if a match is calculated by DLS method. DLS method is usually done considering the overall situation of a match where a normal team can win by batting well in special conditions. However, in today's first match, I have put England ahead as the favorite team. If the game is delayed due to rain, it is different in that case, but if the game is not stopped due to weather, England will have more chances to win today's match.

[Fuso.hp]

The opening ceremony of a big tournament like the World Cup certainly makes the tournament more interesting. We hope that the 2023 World Cup will be inaugurated with a grand opening ceremony.

Can you tell when will be the opening ceremony for the World Cup? I heard on some social media posts that there will be no Opening ceremony for this World Cup. If that is true what is the reason for this?

After all, I think that after so many years, the World Cup is being held in India, so they should organize a memorable opening ceremony.

Let us know if anyone has the confirmed news about this year's World Cup opening ceremony.

The 2023 World Cup is going to start in India without any kind of opening ceremony. BCCI has not commented on why the opening ceremony will not be held, but several popular media in India have confirmed that there is no opening ceremony in this World Cup. The BCCI has decided not to hold the opening ceremony considering the safety of the big religious ceremony of the Indians. The authorities completed the photo session and other work with the captains yesterday. Today only New Zealand and England are waiting to take the field. But if the 2023 World Cup had an opening ceremony then the 2023 World Cup would have been a memorable tournament for the spectators.

[Sithara007]

The first match of the world cup will get underway in around 1 hour from now, and it will be played between the defending champions (England) and the runners-up (New Zealand). I am one of those guys who want New Zealand to win, purely because England stole the world cup back in 2019. The memories are still fresh and today it is going to be payback time for Ben Stokes and company. And fortunately this match is taking place in Ahmedabad. No rains are predicted for the next 7 days, so we don't need to worry about rain interruptions.

[noormcs5]

The first match of the world cup will get underway in around 1 hour from now, and it will be played between the defending champions (England) and the runners-up (New Zealand). I am one of those guys who want New Zealand to win, purely because England stole the world cup back in 2019. The memories are still fresh and today it is going to be payback time for Ben Stokes and company. And fortunately this match is taking place in Ahmedabad. No rains are predicted for the next 7 days, so we don't need to worry about rain interruptions.

Yes, today is a big day as the world cup will start today at Ahmedabad, a match between England and New Zealand. It is yet to see if this would be a repeat of last world cup final between the two teams and can New Zealand win this match and take revenge of their defeat in the last world cup. Also it was very heart broken for the New Zealand fans as they reached the WC  finals for the first time and they lost.

On the other hand, England will be looking to start with a win and continue the happy memories of the Last world cup, where they won the cricket world cup for the very first time in history. Can they win this time too and make it a consecutive world cup title. A lot of actions to be seen in the next couple of months.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The first match of the world cup will get underway in around 1 hour from now, and it will be played between the defending champions (England) and the runners-up (New Zealand). I am one of those guys who want New Zealand to win, purely because England stole the world cup back in 2019. The memories are still fresh and today it is going to be payback time for Ben Stokes and company. And fortunately this match is taking place in Ahmedabad. No rains are predicted for the next 7 days, so we don't need to worry about rain interruptions.

Yes, today is a big day as the world cup will start today at Ahmedabad, a match between England and New Zealand. It is yet to see if this would be a repeat of last world cup final between the two teams and can New Zealand win this match and take revenge of their defeat in the last world cup. Also it was very heart broken for the New Zealand fans as they reached the WC  finals for the first time and they lost.
On the other hand, England will be looking to start with a win and continue the happy memories of the Last world cup, where they won the cricket world cup for the very first time in history. Can they win this time too and make it a consecutive world cup title. A lot of actions to be seen in the next couple of months.

Both New Zealand and England teams are strong. New Zealand players have performed well in the warm up matches. And they also played well in the ODI series against Bangladesh. However, the New Zealand team lost 3-1 in the ODI series against England. But New Zealand has an excellent squad. If the performance of the batsmen is not unstable then the team has a chance to win.

New Zealand won the toss and decided to field. Narendra Modi Stadium pitch is not bowling friendly. Batsmen get enough advantage to score runs. So I would say the result of today's match will depend on the performance of the batsmen. England batsmen are in very good rhythm. If the top order is good, England will collect more than 300 today.

[laurenB7742]

The first match of the world cup will get underway in around 1 hour from now, and it will be played between the defending champions (England) and the runners-up (New Zealand). I am one of those guys who want New Zealand to win, purely because England stole the world cup back in 2019. The memories are still fresh and today it is going to be payback time for Ben Stokes and company. And fortunately this match is taking place in Ahmedabad. No rains are predicted for the next 7 days, so we don't need to worry about rain interruptions.

Yes, today is a big day as the world cup will start today at Ahmedabad, a match between England and New Zealand. It is yet to see if this would be a repeat of last world cup final between the two teams and can New Zealand win this match and take revenge of their defeat in the last world cup. Also it was very heart broken for the New Zealand fans as they reached the WC  finals for the first time and they lost.
On the other hand, England will be looking to start with a win and continue the happy memories of the Last world cup, where they won the cricket world cup for the very first time in history. Can they win this time too and make it a consecutive world cup title. A lot of actions to be seen in the next couple of months.

Both New Zealand and England teams are strong. New Zealand players have performed well in the warm up matches. And they also played well in the ODI series against Bangladesh. However, the New Zealand team lost 3-1 in the ODI series against England. But New Zealand has an excellent squad. If the performance of the batsmen is not unstable then the team has a chance to win.

New Zealand won the toss and decided to field. Narendra Modi Stadium pitch is not bowling friendly. Batsmen get enough advantage to score runs. So I would say the result of today's match will depend on the performance of the batsmen. England batsmen are in very good rhythm. If the top order is good, England will collect more than 300 today.

England lost their first wicket by 40 runs. England's two openers started well. They collected 40 runs in 7.4 overs. Dawid Malan returns to the dressing room after being dismissed by Matt Henry. He was able to collect 14 runs from 24 balls.
Bowlers of New Zealand bowled very controlled today. They are doing very well. And if the performance of the bowlers is not controlled on such a pitch, the opposition will easily give a target of more than 300. England's batting line-up is also very strong. And the squad has quite a few players who are capable of playing big innings. England can provide a big target today if they bat responsibly.

[Popkon6]

England's first wicket fell but the team was not under much pressure. But every time the second wicket fell the opening two wickets fell in consecutive power plays as well. Now the two players in the current field, Root and Harry Brook, if these two batsmen can survive for a long time, then the England team will definitely be able to present a big score to the New Zealand team. New Zealand team bowling Mitchell Santner has performed very well as he has bowled 19 runs and destroyed one wicket in just 5 overs. So far we have been enjoying an exciting game between the two teams.

[Crypto Library]

England lost their first wicket by 40 runs. England's two openers started well. They collected 40 runs in 7.4 overs. Dawid Malan returns to the dressing room after being dismissed by Matt Henry. He was able to collect 14 runs from 24 balls.
Bowlers of New Zealand bowled very controlled today. They are doing very well. And if the performance of the bowlers is not controlled on such a pitch, the opposition will easily give a target of more than 300. England's batting line-up is also very strong. And the squad has quite a few players who are capable of playing big innings. England can provide a big target today if they bat responsibly.

Jonny Bairstow also gone. I think it's a big wicked for New Zealand team. The bowling was awesome from santer it make a good catch to Mitchell. England is now on 79 run and current over is 16. Run rate wasn't that good I expected more from England team. Run rate is about 4.93.
However, they still have eight wickets to spare but I think it would be good if they could bring the runrate up a bit from what it is now. Joe Root and Harry Brook is on the pitch now. They also have well batting record. I hope they will be able to build a big run partnership otherwise if they can't sustain it will be difficult for England to set a good target. I am still confused which team will gonna win today as both teams have good batting and bowling line up.

[TakeItEasy]

England lost their first wicket by 40 runs. England's two openers started well. They collected 40 runs in 7.4 overs. Dawid Malan returns to the dressing room after being dismissed by Matt Henry. He was able to collect 14 runs from 24 balls.
Bowlers of New Zealand bowled very controlled today. They are doing very well. And if the performance of the bowlers is not controlled on such a pitch, the opposition will easily give a target of more than 300. England's batting line-up is also very strong. And the squad has quite a few players who are capable of playing big innings. England can provide a big target today if they bat responsibly.

They have now 2 gone on 79 runs in 16 overs, they lost J. Bairstow(who made 33 runs from 35 balls, which consists of 1 six and 4 fours). They have a low run rate of 4.94, as the run rate they have now in ODI's can't considered as high. Joy Root And Harry Brook are not at the crease, and Joe Root is in form nowadays, we can some good cricket here, from these batsmen'.

The New Zealand Team is looking in good form today, as we have seen in their last matches, they played their best, and also they won a warm-up match against the Pakistani Team. It looks quite dangerous today.

As we there is a drink break! Let's enjoy every moment of cricket.

[Bureau]

Ravindra to Brook, the first ball goes for a four. The second ball again goes for a 4 in the same direction. The third goes for a big 6 again in the same direction. The fourth ball again tried for 6 in the same direction but got caught by Conway. He got overwhelmed and overconfident that he could hit every ball out of the ground. That was unnecessary as the England team now needs a partnership. They have lost 3 wickets for 100 runs on the scoreboard. If they continue to play carelessly then they won't be able to give New Zealand a big target.

[Unknown Op]

The first match of the world cup will get underway in around 1 hour from now, and it will be played between the defending champions (England) and the runners-up (New Zealand). I am one of those guys who want New Zealand to win, purely because England stole the world cup back in 2019. The memories are still fresh and today it is going to be payback time for Ben Stokes and company. And fortunately this match is taking place in Ahmedabad. No rains are predicted for the next 7 days, so we don't need to worry about rain interruptions.

This is a good news that weather will clean for 7 days and many matches of warm up could not finished due to rain and some match ended without playing any ball. First match of World Cup Tournament live England against New Zealand. Now match has been stopped because drink break going on. First England start batting in the crease, their start not admirable because they loss opener batsman Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan. These opener batsman did not perform very well for England team and their chances for winning have reduced if they secure their wickets and maintain their current batsman partnership then they have highly chance to win this match. Currently, Joe Root and Harry Brook are batting in the crease. From new Zealand Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry both bowlers took 1 1 wickets of England team and show fantastic performance from new Zealand side.

[Vaskiy]

Ravindra to Brook, first ball goes for a four. Second ball again goes for a 4 in the same direction. Third goes for a big 6 again in the same direction. Fourth ball again tried for 6 in the same direction but gets caught by Conway. He got overwhelmed and over confident that he can hit every ball out of the ground. That was unnecessary as the England team now need a partnership. They have lost 3 wickets for 100 runs on the scoreboard. If they continue to play carelessly then they won't be able to give Newzealand a big target.

Brook was generating good momentum, soon after the six he took the length earlier and this stirked at the half of the bat. This made the ball get lifted and not moving in the projection. Safely landed into the hands of Conway and it is the smiling moment for Rachin. As said it is time to develop good partnership. Moeen Ali (11 runs) came to the crease and in a short he had walked back to the pavilion bowled out by Glenn Phillips. End of 22 overs England have scored 121-4, runs were coming along with the fall of wickets at regular interval. The toss won by New Zealand looks like an advantage.

[Sithara007]

England was off to an excellent start, but then New Zealand came back to the game strongly with 4 quick wickets. England were 64/1, but now they are struggling at 125/4. And we know how the pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad behaves. Anything less than 300 is not going to be enough for the team that is batting first. Joe Root and Jos Buttler are at the crease right now, and they are trying to rebuild the innings. If they can get Poms to 200 by the 35th over without losing any further wickets, then there is a good chance that England may end up with a good total.

[Compromise me]

The first match of the world cup will get underway in around 1 hour from now, and it will be played between the defending champions (England) and the runners-up (New Zealand). I am one of those guys who want New Zealand to win, purely because England stole the world cup back in 2019. The memories are still fresh and today it is going to be payback time for Ben Stokes and company. And fortunately this match is taking place in Ahmedabad. No rains are predicted for the next 7 days, so we don't need to worry about rain interruptions.

This is a good news that weather will clean for 7 days and many matches of warm up could not finished due to rain and some match ended without playing any ball. First match of World Cup Tournament live England against New Zealand. Now match has been stopped because drink break going on. First England start batting in the crease, their start not admirable because they loss opener batsman Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan. These opener batsman did not perform very well for England team and their chances for winning have reduced if they secure their wickets and maintain their current batsman partnership then they have highly chance to win this match. Currently, Joe Root and Harry Brook are batting in the crease. From new Zealand Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry both bowlers took 1 1 wickets of England team and show fantastic performance from new Zealand side.

New Zealand won the toss against legendary team England team and elected to bowl first. This is first match of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 which is hosted by  India. This match is playing in Ahmadabad. Now, England team is struggling and their score is  125 on the board  and 4 players went to pavilion. Now, it is hard for England to score big because Jonny bairstow is out on 33 runs by playing 35 runs. David malan is also in pavilion. Harry Brook made 25 runs in 16 balls. Now, Joy root is on crease and he is performing good. Now, England should partnership. Only by this way they could set a big score. Matt Henry took one wicket by giving 21 runs in 5 overs. Glenn Phillips also took 1 wicket  by giving 3 runs in 1 over. Match will be very crucial. Because Joss batter is best Hard hitter, if he  stands for 10 overs with Joy root and they made a partnership of 100 runs, they will stand a good score on board. Cricket Fans know that England bowling is best and England bowlers will catch New Zealand batsmans and England will defend the score and England will win easily.

[ZAINmalik75]

England was off to an excellent start, but then New Zealand came back to the game strongly with 4 quick wickets. England were 64/1, but now they are struggling at 125/4. And we know how the pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad behaves. Anything less than 300 is not going to be enough for the team that is batting first. Joe Root and Jos Buttler are at the crease right now, and they are trying to rebuild the innings. If they can get Poms to 200 by the 35th over without losing any further wickets, then there is a good chance that England may end up with a good total.

I think England didn't took them seriously and they bat like against a normal team but NewZeland is now well improved team with a chance of stronger contender of semifinalist and as a result England lose much more important wickets and look like they will be stuck below 300 will be not a difficult target to chase if they took a better start, as we have seen during warm-up matches all those teams won who chase so may be NewZeland does same but not predicting any team victory will be meaningless because anything can happens.
Any way buttler and root are on a create with a mindset to took the game deep and build some significant partnership which will really realse Pressure from them and they will easily scored a decent target. Now they scored around 100 partnership and still makeing it bigger let see who took such starting important game

[Bureau]

England was off to an excellent start, but then New Zealand came back to the game strongly with 4 quick wickets. England were 64/1, but now they are struggling at 125/4. And we know how the pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad behaves. Anything less than 300 is not going to be enough for the team that is batting first. Joe Root and Jos Buttler are at the crease right now, and they are trying to rebuild the innings. If they can get Poms to 200 by the 35th over without losing any further wickets, then there is a good chance that England may end up with a good total.

I think England didn't took them seriously and they bat like against a normal team but NewZeland is now well improved team with a chance of stronger contender of semifinalist and as a result England lose much more important wickets and look like they will be stuck below 300 will be not a difficult target to chase if they took a better start, as we have seen during warm-up matches all those teams won who chase so may be NewZeland does same but not predicting any team victory will be meaningless because anything can happens.
Any way buttler and root are on a create with a mindset to took the game deep and build some significant partnership which will really realse Pressure from them and they will easily scored a decent target. Now they scored around 100 partnership and still makeing it bigger let see who took such starting important game

New Zealand is bowling really well, it is not that England did not take them seriously. The bowlers have been a to break the partnership whenever their captain needed them. England batters are struggling because the New Zealand team has been good on the field and is bowling a perfect line. The projected score is still above 290 which can trouble the New Zealand batters. England does have a good pace and spin attack. If they are facing the heat now then the opponent would face the same heat. Sam Curran is on the pitch, he can hit the ball out of the ground. They only need a couple of good overs to come back into the game.

[noormcs5]

England was off to an excellent start, but then New Zealand came back to the game strongly with 4 quick wickets. England were 64/1, but now they are struggling at 125/4. And we know how the pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad behaves. Anything less than 300 is not going to be enough for the team that is batting first. Joe Root and Jos Buttler are at the crease right now, and they are trying to rebuild the innings. If they can get Poms to 200 by the 35th over without losing any further wickets, then there is a good chance that England may end up with a good total.

England team were able to make 282 runs after being put into bat by the New Zealand team. This can be a competitive score if England can take quick wickets when they come out to bowl. However, on the other hand, New Zealand will also fancy their chances to win this match as the score is not so big that it can’t be chased. Just need a good startup partnership and the match will be under their control.

Joe Root really played well and score 77 runs in 86 balls.  Jos Buttler scored 43 runs in 42 balls. Almost every batsmen from England stayed on the crease and made some runs for their team.

Matt henry took three wickets while Mitchell Santner and Green Philips took two wickets each from England team. Overall, I think both teams played well.