ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

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Joe Root was leading the team's score by keeping one end in a regular procession of batters. However, this top-order batsman was caught in his own trap by New Zealand's part-time bowler Glenn Phillips. After Root's dismissal with a personal 77 runs, England fell short of the dream of a big collection. In the end, the English made a challenging collection of 282 runs for 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs thanks to Liam Livingstone's 20, Odd's 13 and Adil Rashid's 15. With a target of 282 runs, New Zealand batting with intensity, their game looks like they are very close to victory. If they can bat well then it is more than possible to win this match.

[JSRAW]

Around 30k spectators in the stadium but the stands are still looking empty for obvious reasons. It doesn't look like an opening match of the ODI WC, having said that 30k audience for non-indian match in India is not bad, in most stadiums it's a full house. Still, ICC should've opted for a different stadium.

Coming to the match, I didn't feel the urge to watch the match but it seems spin played a big role in the first inning. Poms do look short here and Kiwis are marching nicely but in the middle overs Moeen-Rashid duo can slow the game, hope it goes to the wire.

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Around 30k spectators in the stadium but the stands are still looking empty for obvious reasons. It doesn't look like an opening match of the ODI WC, having said that 30k audience for non-indian match in India is not bad, in most stadiums it's a full house. Still, ICC should've opted for a different stadium.

Coming to the match, I didn't feel the urge to watch the match but it seems spin played a big role in the first inning. Poms do look short here and Kiwis are marching nicely but in the middle overs Moeen-Rashid duo can slow the game, hope it goes to the wire.

The seating arrangement is more than 130k which is why the stadium seems empty. I am watching the match on Hotstar and I can see 44L showing up now. People are crazy about T20 cricket only a few like you and I are the ones who watch ODI. Watching the way England spinners are getting whacked for 4 and 6, I do not agree with your analysis. It is all about captaincy and discipline when it comes to bowling. Might as well say, what a fantastic debut by Ravindra.

[JSRAW]

Around 30k spectators in the stadium but the stands are still looking empty for obvious reasons. It doesn't look like an opening match of the ODI WC, having said that 30k audience for non-indian match in India is not bad, in most stadiums it's a full house. Still, ICC should've opted for a different stadium.

Coming to the match, I didn't feel the urge to watch the match but it seems spin played a big role in the first inning. Poms do look short here and Kiwis are marching nicely but in the middle overs Moeen-Rashid duo can slow the game, hope it goes to the wire.

The seating arrangement is more than 130k which is why the stadium seems empty. I am watching the match on Hotstar and I can see 44L showing up now. People are crazy about T20 cricket only a few like you and I are the ones who watch ODI. Watching the way England spinners are getting whacked for 4 and 6, I do not agree with your analysis. It is all about captaincy and discipline when it comes to bowling. Might as well say, what a fantastic debut by Ravindra.

Yeah, that's why i said "Obvious reasons". Also, i heard that for this particular opening match. BCCI gave 20k free tickets to women and kids and still, it's not even half full. Tells you a lot about the current situation of cricket. It's an ICC tournament so every board has the responsibility to create hype in their respective countries so that fans can travel and support their teams. We can obviously make a list of why the opening match looking dull.

True, it does look like it. Surely smooth sailing for Kiwis against English spinners.

[Bd officer]

The first match of the World Cup England vs New Zealand match has started. New Zealand batted first and collected 282 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. England's batting line was bad in today's match. If England could have set a target of 350+ we would have seen a competitive match. Batting with a target of 283 runs to win, New Zealand have so far scored 143 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 18 overs.  New Zealand's first wicket fell early, with Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra leading the team with a 133-run partnership. We can see T20 style batting in today's match. Devon Conway unbeaten on 73 runs off 54 balls, Rachin Ravindra unbeaten on 69 runs off 53 balls. New Zealand will win today's match very easily.

[Bureau]

Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra were supposed to open the batting. The New Zealand management wanted to test Will Young, which I think was a bad choice. These two guys have been training and practicing together since Rachin Ravindra was just a teen. I heard it when the commentators were discussing his debut and his identical chemistry with Conway. I also saw how these two guys complement each other with the number of runs scored by each one of them.



This game as per my understanding has gone out of the hands of the England team. Another 10 overs left for this match to end with they way these guys are batting now.

  

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The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 has ended all the wait. In the opening match of the mega event, the two finalists of the last edition, New Zealand and England, entered the field. However, New Zealand won the toss and invited England to bat. England decided to bat first on New Zealand's invitation. Batting first, England collected 282 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. New Zealand came to the field with a target of 283 runs, and at the moment, New Zealand has collected 176 runs in 23 overs, losing 1 wicket. But New Zealand is performing well in today's match. New Zealand can easily meet the target of 283 runs given by England. At the moment Conway has collected 92 runs off 75 balls. At the top, Rachin Ravindra scored 86 runs off 69 balls. We can see centuries from these two very soon. Also, I predict that today's match will start with the victory of New Zealand.

[Sithara007]

Feels so happy about the comprehensive win by New Zealand. This is more like payback for what happened during the final of 2019 ODI Cricket World Cup. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra treated the England bowlers like they are some club players. The much hyped Mark Wood returned figures of 5-0-55-0. This is the same bowler who had an excellent stint with the IPL just a few months back. Also, credit needs to be given for the New Zealand bowlers. They never allowed the England batsmen to recover. Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips were exceptional today.

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^^ Kiwis were fooling around for a whole year and then the World Cup came and in an opening match they are back to their usual business by beating heavyweight comprehensively.  

Deven Conway and Rachin Ravindra did their job clinically but I think the bowlers did a fair amount of heavy lifting today. Restricting English batters with an under par score is no joke IMO.

From England's POV, maybe dew came into the picture in the second inning. If this trend sets in then teams batting second might get an advantage but it's a first match so we have to wait and watch.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra were supposed to open the batting. The New Zealand management wanted to test Will Young, which I think was a bad choice. These two guys have been training and practicing together since Rachin Ravindra was just a teen. I heard it when the commentators were discussing his debut and his identical chemistry with Conway. I also saw how these two guys complement each other with the number of runs scored by each one of them.
  

NZ won the match with 14 overs remaining and by 9 wickets and to be honest it is kind of revenge from them for what happened in 2019 world cup final.

I didn't expect the NZ batting will be this much amazing especially the 23-year-old boy Rachin Ravindra scored 123* along with Conway 152* took the match away from English men and put them under heavy pressure on both batting and bowling department for the upcoming matches.

[Westinhome]

The first match of the World Cup England vs New Zealand match has started. New Zealand batted first and collected 282 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. England's batting line was bad in today's match. If England could have set a target of 350+ we would have seen a competitive match. Batting with a target of 283 runs to win, New Zealand have so far scored 143 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 18 overs.  New Zealand's first wicket fell early, with Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra leading the team with a 133-run partnership. We can see T20 style batting in today's match. Devon Conway unbeaten on 73 runs off 54 balls, Rachin Ravindra unbeaten on 69 runs off 53 balls. New Zealand will win today's match very easily.

It was very exciting to see the final of 2019 today,the New Zealand had their revenge today.It was the biggest shock for the team England,the first match itself New Zealand had said the England.The New Zealand is not the old New Zealand in 2019,this match prove the other team about the slot for the New Zealand in the Semi Final of 2023.Conway game was always good and same was repeated today.But the Ra-Chin had their unique game today.It was spread in the social media,Rachin was name come from the Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar by the parents of Rachin.This league Sachin place was replaced by the Rachin and we need to wait till the 48 matches for his complete game.

[lixer]

The seating arrangement is more than 130k which is why the stadium seems empty. I am watching the match on Hotstar and I can see 44L showing up now. People are crazy about T20 cricket only a few like you and I are the ones who watch ODI. Watching the way England spinners are getting whacked for 4 and 6, I do not agree with your analysis. It is all about captaincy and discipline when it comes to bowling. Might as well say, what a fantastic debut by Ravindra.

Yeah, that's why i said "Obvious reasons". Also, i heard that for this particular opening match. BCCI gave 20k free tickets to women and kids and still, it's not even half full. Tells you a lot about the current situation of cricket. It's an ICC tournament so every board has the responsibility to create hype in their respective countries so that fans can travel and support their teams. We can obviously make a list of why the opening match looking dull.

True, it does look like it. Surely smooth sailing for Kiwis against English spinners.

This was one of the worst start of this world cup because I have feeling mostly understand there is no India involved in this match so having this here is no good deal because even we have 30K fans but still this was looking empty which create big negative impact on this mega event around the globe.

BCCI and ICC needs to understand ground realities and having a match like this in a small ground could also work for them, and surely we have good atmosphere, but they have done poor things which are surely going to have negative impact.

Now tomorrow we are going to have same situation again while Pakistan will play against the Netherlands which is going to be another dull encounter between these two sides even now I have feeling mostly matches without India surely going to have same problem.

[hafiztalha]

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 has ended all the wait. In the opening match of the mega event, the two finalists of the last edition, New Zealand and England, entered the field. However, New Zealand won the toss and invited England to bat. England decided to bat first on New Zealand's invitation. Batting first, England collected 282 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. New Zealand came to the field with a target of 283 runs, and at the moment, New Zealand has collected 176 runs in 23 overs, losing 1 wicket. But New Zealand is performing well in today's match. New Zealand can easily meet the target of 283 runs given by England. At the moment Conway has collected 92 runs off 75 balls. At the top, Rachin Ravindra scored 86 runs off 69 balls. We can see centuries from these two very soon. Also, I predict that today's match will start with the victory of New Zealand.

Your prediction was right buddy. Today match, New Zealand won this match from England team simply and if we check dashboard New Zealand loss only 1 batsman W.Young he played only 1 ball and out by scoring 0 runs. Only two batsman plenty for whole team of England. D.Conway scored 152 runs in 121 balls and they hitted nineteen 4s and three 6s with not out and other batter R.Ravindra managed to score 123 runs in 96 balls and they hitted eleven 4s and five 6s with not out and in bowling side R.Ravindra also took 2 batsman of England team and M.Henry bowlers also took down 3 batters of England. Congratulations New Zealand for winning this first match of World Cup by 9 wickets and 82 balls left

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Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra were supposed to open the batting. The New Zealand management wanted to test Will Young, which I think was a bad choice. These two guys have been training and practicing together since Rachin Ravindra was just a teen. I heard it when the commentators were discussing his debut and his identical chemistry with Conway. I also saw how these two guys complement each other with the number of runs scored by each one of them.
  

NZ won the match with 14 overs remaining and by 9 wickets and to be honest it is kind of revenge from them for what happened in 2019 world cup final.

I didn't expect the NZ batting will be this much amazing especially the 23-year-old boy Rachin Ravindra scored 123* along with Conway 152* took the match away from English men and put them under heavy pressure on both batting and bowling department for the upcoming matches.

It was really great to see how the New Zealand team improved their batting performance in today's match. Match winner by 9 wickets in 36.2 overs, truly amazing today's match which New Zealand showed to everyone. In the 2019 World Cup, New Zealand and England played a thrilling match, both teams were in great form but unfortunately New Zealand lost. When the match was drawn, England won against New Zealand due to Super Over, accordingly New Zealand got revenge on England today match.
Rachin Ravindra The young player blew everyone away with his first ever World Cup century, Rachin Ravindra's batting performance in today's match has earned him a place in the hearts of the audience. Scoring 123 runs off 96 balls in the first World Cup at the very beginning of the World Cup is not that easy, but Rachin Ravindra has done it. Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway combined to win against the English very easily.

[Jateng]

It is very likely that today's match will be very tough for England as England have lost four batsmen in their top order but none of the three batsmen could score a half century/century. England will need a long partnership to make a good target but it is easy to guess that England's batsmen are under pressure from New Zealand's bowling department. England fell by 4 wickets for 119 runs which is an indication of how well England's next batsmen will do.

England posted 282-9 in 50 overs against New Zealand. Joe Root out in 77 by 86 balls and Jos Buttler is out 43 runs in 42 balls and with the support from the tail-enders, England reached a decent total. New Zealand need 283 to win the opening match. NewZealand have successfully limited the reigning champions to a modest 300. M. Henry took 3 wickets 3-48-10 and M. Santner also picked 2 wickets his bowling figure is 2-37-10. I think NewZealand have strong chance to win this match.

With a target of 283 runs, New Zealand came into bat in the second innings where they managed to score 67 runs at the end of 8 overs after losing one wicket. England bettors today might be tensed right now as England's first innings collection is not at all strong. England scored only 282 runs on a batting friendly wicket. The way New Zealand are batting, if they don't lose wickets too quickly, they will reach their target in forty overs. Even if England can't do well in batting, they must do well in bowling.

New Zealand beat England by nine wickets in the first match Chased down the target 283/1 in 43.1 overs in the World Cup 23. Devon Conway Scored 152* in 121 balls and completes 1000 ODI runs, the fastest Kiwi batter to do in just 22 innings. Ravindra started attack on English Bowling line up and just finished their hope to win the match. Rachin Ravindra has been named as the Player of the match' for his outstanding knock of 123* in 96 balls. England bowling is very disappointed, i think New Zealand waited 4 years to take their previous World cup Final's frustration out and everyone thought they were the nice guys

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This was one of the worst start of this world cup because I have feeling mostly understand there is no India involved in this match so having this here is no good deal because even we have 30K fans but still this was looking empty which create big negative impact on this mega event around the globe.

BCCI and ICC needs to understand ground realities and having a match like this in a small ground could also work for them, and surely we have good atmosphere, but they have done poor things which are surely going to have negative impact.

Now tomorrow we are going to have same situation again while Pakistan will play against the Netherlands which is going to be another dull encounter between these two sides even now I have feeling mostly matches without India surely going to have same problem.

ICC released numbers are 47-50k attendance for today's match. In 95% of cricket stadiums it's considered a packed house and successful marketing but in this case, it isn't because of the sheer size of the stadium, here ICC and BCCI deserve the blame. They should have organized this fixture on smaller ground. I also don't understand why they didn't opt for India vs X team for an opening game.

Hyderabad ground capacity is not much so even a 20k crowd will look alright for non India match.

[Bitcoin Smith]

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Rachin Ravindra The young player blew everyone away with his first ever World Cup century, Rachin Ravindra's batting performance in today's match has earned him a place in the hearts of the audience. Scoring 123 runs off 96 balls in the first World Cup at the very beginning of the World Cup is not that easy, but Rachin Ravindra has done it. Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway combined to win against the English very easily.

Rachin Ravindra is from Indian heritage, so it is also a proud moment for their family.

Apart from that, England didn't assist the pitch condition, and they tried to be too aggressive from the beginning even though that kind of game they were playing for the last few years still they need to control their aggression to some level cause if they want to score 330+ scores which seems the most ideal score in the modern day ODI cricket they need to back some wickets to play the big shots in the last 10 - 15 overs.

[Iranus]

It is very likely that today's match will be very tough for England as England have lost four batsmen in their top order but none of the three batsmen could score a half century/century. England will need a long partnership to make a good target but it is easy to guess that England's batsmen are under pressure from New Zealand's bowling department. England fell by 4 wickets for 119 runs which is an indication of how well England's next batsmen will do.

England posted 282-9 in 50 overs against New Zealand. Joe Root out in 77 by 86 balls and Jos Buttler is out 43 runs in 42 balls and with the support from the tail-enders, England reached a decent total. New Zealand need 283 to win the opening match. NewZealand have successfully limited the reigning champions to a modest 300. M. Henry took 3 wickets 3-48-10 and M. Santner also picked 2 wickets his bowling figure is 2-37-10. I think NewZealand have strong chance to win this match.

With a target of 283 runs, New Zealand came into bat in the second innings where they managed to score 67 runs at the end of 8 overs after losing one wicket. England bettors today might be tensed right now as England's first innings collection is not at all strong. England scored only 282 runs on a batting friendly wicket. The way New Zealand are batting, if they don't lose wickets too quickly, they will reach their target in forty overs. Even if England can't do well in batting, they must do well in bowling.

New Zealand beat England by nine wickets in the first match Chased down the target 283/1 in 43.1 overs in the World Cup 23. Devon Conway Scored 152* in 121 balls and completes 1000 ODI runs, the fastest Kiwi batter to do in just 22 innings. Ravindra started attack on English Bowling line up and just finished their hope to win the match. Rachin Ravindra has been named as the Player of the match' for his outstanding knock of 123* in 96 balls. England bowling is very disappointed, i think New Zealand waited 4 years to take their previous World cup Final's frustration out and everyone thought they were the nice guys

Before the start of the World Cup, England played ODI series against Ireland and New Zealand. And they won both series. This team performed very well. So I expected something better from England in the World Cup. But the way they performed in the first match is really sad.

England's batsmen cannot do well. But it was not at all expected that their bowlers would do so badly. They managed to pick up only 1 wicket. Conway and Ravindra destroyed England's bowlers. New Zealand collected 273 runs from this pair. The way New Zealand have started their World Cup journey is admirable. If this team can continue this performance, it will not be difficult for them to qualify for the semi-finals.

[Sithara007]

ICC released numbers are 47-50k attendance for today's match. In 95% of cricket stadiums it's considered a packed house and successful marketing but in this case, it isn't because of the sheer size of the stadium, here ICC and BCCI deserve the blame. They should have organized this fixture on smaller ground. I also don't understand why they didn't opt for India vs X team for an opening game.

Hyderabad ground capacity is not much so even a 20k crowd will look alright for non India match.

If the attendance was actually 47k (out of that at least 2/3rd would be from complementary passes), then BCCI should be happy about it. And why should the match be played at a smaller stadium? This match was allotted to the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) and it was their decision to host the match in this stadium. I am not sure whether they have any other international stadiums within their borders. Meanwhile GCA claims that yesterday's match was the best attended opening match for any world cup (I am not sure though).

[Jateng]

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Rachin Ravindra The young player blew everyone away with his first ever World Cup century, Rachin Ravindra's batting performance in today's match has earned him a place in the hearts of the audience. Scoring 123 runs off 96 balls in the first World Cup at the very beginning of the World Cup is not that easy, but Rachin Ravindra has done it. Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway combined to win against the English very easily.

Rachin Ravindra is from Indian heritage, so it is also a proud moment for their family.

Apart from that, England didn't assist the pitch condition, and they tried to be too aggressive from the beginning even though that kind of game they were playing for the last few years still they need to control their aggression to some level cause if they want to score 330+ scores which seems the most ideal score in the modern day ODI cricket they need to back some wickets to play the big shots in the last 10 - 15 overs.

Rachin Ravindra Scored Century 123* on World Cup debut and a Youngest NewZealand player to score a century in the ODI World Cup. Third youngest player to score a Century in the ODI World Cup. Ravindra took one wicket and made Fastest ODI World Cup hundred New Zealand and Player of the Match on his debut world cup match. In this match England hits 26 boundaries while New Zealand hots 38 boundaries. NewZealand win the match and the boundary count as well. Ravindra well Played young man have a Great Future