Joe Root's half century
In the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, England scored 216 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 37 overs against New Zealand. In the match being played at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad, the English team's openers provided a start of 40 runs, but David Mullan lost his wicket on an individual score of 14, which was returned to the pavilion by Matt Henry on 14 runs.
Jonny Bairstow 33, Harry Brook 25 while Moeen Ali returned to the pavilion by scoring 11 runs. Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips took one wicket each for New Zealand. Earlier, New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and decided to field first.
He said that Kane Williamson is recovering, will be a part of the playing eleven in the next matches.
On this occasion, the captain of the English team, Jos Buttler, said that he would have decided to field first after winning the toss, but he will try to set a big target against the Kiwis. The New Zealand squad includes captain Tom Latham, Dion Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Jamie Nesham, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry and Trent Boult. The England squad consists of captain Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, David Mullan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.