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West Indies vs England 2nd ODI Highlights 2023 – 6 December

Pitch and weather: The surface for the first ODI belied North Sound’s slow-and-low reputation, with more runs scored in an ODI at the ground than ever before – and that despite some variable bounce and assistance for spin. The second match, a day-night fixture, will be played on a fresh strip, with a forecast for …

West Indies vs England 1st ODI Highlights 2023 – 3 December

Pitch and weather: No major damage has been reported after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Saturday morning in Antigua, so there’s no suggestion that the match will be affected. The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is not traditionally the most high-scoring of Caribbean venues, with just three scores in excess of 300 in …

Pakistan vs England World Cup Highlights 2023 – 11th November

Pitch and weather: There’s some grass on what looks like a dry pitch. It’s also off-centre, which will result in a short boundary one side. It’s expected to be hot and quite humid, with rain not in the offing. Pakistan vs England Highlights 2023, ICC CWC 2023 44th Match, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Saturday 11-11-2023. England …

England vs Netherlands World Cup Highlights 2023 – 8th November

Pitch and weather: There have been three World Cup matches to date in Pune, none of them especially close, although the evidence of two unfazed run-chases by India and Afghanistan is that middling scores of 250-odd are insufficient when batting first – South Africa fared rather better in the third game, in putting 357 for …

Australia vs England World Cup Highlights 2023 – 4th November

Pitch and weather: As so often in Ahmedabad, the soil type will be a key factor in how the pitch plays. Black soil promises slow and low, red soil promises quick and bouncy, or so the lore goes. At least there won’t be any of the smog concerns that are dogging the build-up to Bangladesh-Sri …

India vs England World Cup Highlights 2023 – 29th October

Pitch and weather: In three matches so far at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in this World Cup, spinners have registered an economy of 4.79, as opposed to 5.63 by seamers. But Sunday’s match will be played on a red-soil pitch with light patches of grass. So expect the seamers to have a bigger say. The …

England vs Sri Lanka World Cup Highlights 2023 – 26th October

Pitch and weather: The M Chinnaswamy Stadium has a reputation for high-scoring games and lived up to it when the World Cup finally arrived in Bengaluru with Australia vs Pakistan last week – a game in which 672 runs were scored across 95.3 overs. The strip for Thursday’s match is slightly off-centre, with an invitingly …

South Africa vs England World Cup Highlights – 21st Oct 2023

Pitch and weather: Mumbai’s had to wait two weeks to get into the World Cup spirit, but the first track of the tournament will surely offer runs in abundance. There is some patchy live grass on the strip and it looks perhaps a little dry, but it proved an absolute road in the IPL this …

England vs Afghanistan World Cup Highlights – 15th Oct 2023

Pitch and weather: There is fresh, live grass on the surface, which suggests plenty of pace and carry. Both teams are anticipating another belting track, akin to the one last week which South Africa used to great effect, setting a World Cup record of 428 for 5 against Sri Lanka. England vs Afghanistan Highlights 2023, …

England vs Bangladesh World Cup Highlights – 10th Oct 2023

Pitch and weather: The weather is cooler than it had been in Ahmedabad, although not significantly. A fresh pitch has been prepared for this second fixture, two strips across from the surface that proved tough for run-scoring in the Afghanistan vs Bangladesh game, and seam bowlers have previously thrived here, from Tim Bresnan in 2013 …