ODI World Cup digest: South Africa dominate England; Sri Lanka beat Netherlands

The Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 takes place in India from October 5 to November 19. Every morning, we’ll round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the perspectives of our journalists on the ground.

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Headline: Klaasen boosts England’s title defense hopes

South Africa 399 for 7 (Klaasen 109, Hendricks 85, Jansen 75*, van der Dussen 60) beaten England 170 (Wood 43*, Coetzee 3-35, Ngidi 2-26, Jansen 2-35) by 229 runs

Heinrich Klaasen collapsed on his haunches in a dripping mess after each shot. In the meantime, he flayed England’s bowlers for a 61-ball century to set up an emphatic victory for South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

The brutality of Klaasen’s 109 from just 67 balls in total matched the harshness of the heat and humidity which had also left England bowler David Willey cramping throughout South Africa’s innings, ending on 399 for 7 and necessitating the second most successful run chase in ODI history. . England capitulated instead, crashing to 170 in 22 overs and suffering their heaviest ODI defeat.

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Match Analysis: Classy Klaasen digs deep to make Wankhede his Colosseum

Heinrich Klaasen was so exhausted by the time he faced his 61st delivery, the one he brushed aside his fine leg to bring up his fourth ODI hundred, that almost immediately after he raised his bat in celebration and shouted, his knees buckled. gave way and ended up in a crouched position. His face contorted from unbridled elation expressed directly to Mark Wood, to ultimate exhaustion and finally the realization of the undeniable enormity of the moment: this was not just his first century in World Cup, it was a century against the reigning champions in a World Cup. This match against South Africa is considered a must-win match after their crushing defeat against the Netherlands earlier in the week.

As the emotions soaked in, Klaasen pulled himself together and waved to his teammates and the crowd, which included his wife and daughter, and to the sky. Then he went straight to Wood to apologize, repeatedly. Wood settled on a punch or three and Klaasen was able to reclaim his moment, but only until the next wave of weariness set in. Then he had to get back on his haunches to try to conserve the energy to punch all the way and call on the reserves. to continue finding the border. It’s a small field but today it was like a cauldron and Klaasen had to both absorb and transfer the heat.

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What to watch: What went wrong for England

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What’s wrong with England?

Shane Bond and Cheteshwar Pujara discuss England’s poor performance against South Africa

Match report: Sri Lanka overcome Engelbrecht-led resistance to finally open their account

Sri Lanka 263 for 5 (Samarawickrama 91, Nissanka 54, Dutt 3-44) beaten The Netherlands 262 (Engelbrecht 70, van Beek 59, Madushanka 4-49, Rajitha 4-50) by five wickets

An unbeaten 91 from Sadeera Samarawickrama led a tricky chase as Sri Lanka overcame a resilient Netherlands side and eventually put runs on the board. The result means Sri Lanka join Afghanistan, the Netherlands, Bangladesh and England on two points after four matches; they did, however, overtake Afghanistan in terms of net run rate – before England collapsed later in the evening – to move to the very bottom of the table.

Set as a target of 263, the chase was built around key partnerships – the first a 30-ball 34 counter-attack between Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka, to recover from Kusal Perera’s early defeat, followed by more substantial stands of 52, 77. and 76 – with Samarawickrama as a key cog throughout.

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Match Analysis: Sri Lanka Finds New Lionhearts in Sloppy to Sublime Performance

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Maharoof: The fate of Madushanka and Rajitha allowed the victory

Farveez Maharoof on Sri Lanka registering their first win of the tournament

This is the 47th round for the Netherlands. Logan van Beek, running between the wickets, is far from safe and has resigned himself to fate. Replacement fielder Dunith Wellalage sends the throw to Chamika Karunaratne, who misses a simple run-out chance at the bowler’s end. Van Beek reaches his first ODI half-century.

Then in the penultimate over, van Beek sends Kasun Rajitha’s slower ball towards deep mid-wicket. Charith Asalanka first covers a little ground before throwing himself full length to the edge of the boundary. It was towards the shorter side and the momentum could have taken over, were it not for Asalanka’s athleticism and balance.

Read the full analysis of Shashank Kishore in Lucknow

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India vs New Zealand, Dharamsala (2 p.m. IST; 8:30 a.m. GMT; 7:30 p.m. AEDT

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Bond: New Zealand’s top three against India could be decisive

Arjun Pandit, Shane Bond and Cheteshwar Pujara preview India-New Zealand clash in Dharamsala

Ask any ardent Indian fan who their second favorite cricket team is, and New Zealand will remain a common answer. Ask the same group of fans which team scares them the most when it comes to ICC events and New Zealand will once again be the unanimous answer. Why do you ask.

Southampton 2021. Nagpur 2016 and Dubai 2021. Manchester 2019.

It’s probably the memories of the last one here that make most Indian fans shudder. And as much as India would like to deny it, New Zealand have been their scarecrow team over the years. There are numbers to back this up. In all ICC events since 1992 (considering only the final of the 2019-21 and 2021-23 WTC cycles), India have beaten New Zealand only once in nine attempts.

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Team News

India (probable): 1 Rohit Sharma (captain), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul (week), 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Suryakumar Yadav/Ishan Kishan, 8 Shardul Thakur/Mohammed Shami, 9 Jasprit Bumrah, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Mohammed Siraj

New Zealand (probable): 1 Devon Conway, 2 Will Young, 3 Rachin Ravindra, 4 Tom Latham (captain and week), 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Mark Chapman, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Lockie Ferguson, 11 Trent Boult