Shot of the Day- Joe Root’s Reverse-Scoop Masterpiece. Joe Root played a brilliant knock of 77 (86).
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 got off on Thursday, October 5. England and New Zealand facing off in the tournament’s opening match. The toss was won by New Zealand captain Tom Latham, who requested England to bat first. Matt Henry, who struck out starter Dawid Malan in the eighth over of the game, validated the decision.
Malan’s dismissal brought England’s most reliable batter. Joe Root, to the crease who waste no time in getting himself going. Facing just the 12th ball of his innings, Root unleashed the most extravagant shot from his repertoire as he reverse-scooped Trent Boult for a massive six over third man. The shot left everyone at the stadium gasping as Root announced himself on the World Cup stage.
Watch Joe Root’s Reverse-Scoop shot here:
Earlier in the innings, Jonny Bairstow launched the World Cup with a six off the second ball of the tournament against Trent Boult. In addition, he hit the fifth ball of the over for a boundary, giving him 12 runs from the opening over of the competition.
Bairstow went on to score 33 (35) with four fours and a six before being bowl out by Mitchell Santner in the 13th over. Following his dismissal, Harry Brook entered the game at number four and started scoring freely. However, he hit one too many shots in his innings and was caught by Devon Conway at deep midwicket.
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After 17 overs, the 24-year-old was out for 25 (16), leaving his team on 94/3. Moeen Ali also failed to go big, losing his stumps to Glenn Phillips after 21.2 overs, leaving England floundering at 118/4. The England innings was stabilized by a 70-run stand between Joe Root and Jos Buttler (43 off 42).
But the pair couldn’t last long as Buttler was bowled by Matt Henry. Who edge one straight to wicketkeeper Tom Latham. After 38 overs, England were 221/5 with Joe Root (72* off 77) and Liam Livingstone (20* off 17) at the crease.
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