England defeated Bangladesh in the warm-up match for the 2023 Cricket World Cup© AFP
England defeated Bangladesh by four wickets while New Zealand finished off the South African challenge by seven runs, both thanks to the Duckworth-Lewis method in their respective World Cup warm-up matches on Monday. In the match in Guwahati, which became a 37 overs per side affair, Bangladesh scored 188 for 9 off 74 from Mehidy Hasan Miraj’s 89 balls. Tanzid Hasan with 45 was the other useful contributor. England used as many as nine bowlers, with left-armer Reece Topley taking three wickets. In response, England’s revised target was 197 and they achieved it in just 24.1 overs. Moeen Ali hit six sixes in his 56 off 39 balls, while Jos Buttler hit a quick 15-ball 30.
In the other match in Thiruvananthapuram, New Zealand posted a healthy 321 for 6 in 50 overs with Devon Conway (78 off 73 balls) and Tom Latham (52 off 56 balls) scoring half-centuries. Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen both got three wickets each.
Due to bad weather, South Africa needed 219 in 37 overs as per the DLS score and they fought well but ended up scoring 211 for 4 in the stipulated overs. Quinton de Kock, who would retire after the World Cup, seemed in good touch and scored 84 off 89 balls. Rassie van der Dussen with 51 was the creator of the other half century.
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