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Two warm-up matches were played in the One Day World Cup on Monday. England defeated Bangladesh by 4 wickets at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. At the Greenfield International Cricket Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, New Zealand defeated South Africa by 7 runs under the DLS method.
England won by 4 wickets
Due to rain at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, the match was played in 37-37 overs. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first, Mehdi Hasan Miraz scored an inning of 74 runs. Opener Tanjid Hasan scored 45 runs, but the rest of the batsmen could not do anything special. The team scored 188 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 37 overs.
Reece Topley took 3 wickets from England, while David Willey and Adil Rashid took 2-2 wickets. Sam Curran and Mark Wood got 1-1 wicket.
England chased the target in the 25th over.
England got a revised target of 197 runs under the DLS method. Jonny Bairstow gave the team a fast start by playing an inning of 34 runs in just 21 balls. Joe Root scored 26 runs, Harry Brook scored 17 runs and Jos Buttler scored 30 runs. In the last inning, Moeen Ali played an inning of 56 runs and gave victory to the team in the 25th over itself.
Mustafizur Rahman took 2 wickets from Bangladesh. Whereas Hasan Mahmood, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed and Nasum Ahmed got 1 wicket each.
Moeen Ali scored 56 runs in just 39 balls.
squads of both teams
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Liam Livingston, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley and Mark Wood.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Tauheed Hridoy, Mehdi Hasan, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Mahmudullah Riyad, Hasan Mahmood, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Saqib and Taskin Ahmed.
South Africa lost by 7 runs due to rain
South Africa had a bad start in front of the target of 322 runs. Reeza Hendricks returned to the pavilion after scoring a golden duck. Rassie van der Dussen took charge of the innings after scoring 51 runs, but he became the victim of Mitchell Santner. After him, Aiden Markram returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs and Heinrich Klaasen scored 39 runs.
Quinton de Kock remained at one end, scored a fifty and took the innings forward with David Miller. South Africa had scored 211 runs for 4 wickets in 37 overs, when the rain came. The rain did not stop and the umpire took the decision under the DLS method and New Zealand won by 7 runs.
Quinton de Kock remained not out after scoring 84 runs.
squads of both teams
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Will Young, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James (Jimmy) Neesham, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi and Tim Southee.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Yanson, Andile Felluquayo, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lizaad Williams.
All 15 players can play warm-up match
Captains do not have to reveal the playing-11 in the warm-up match. All 15 players of the squad can play in this. These 15 players can be rotated in the match. However, only 11 players can be present on the field. The innings ends as soon as the 10th wicket of the batting team falls.
In a warm-up match, the batter may retire from the innings midway through the game. However, once retired, one cannot come back to bat again. Rest of the rules are the same as in international matches. It is not given the status of an official match of ICC.
