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Australia and Netherlands got some game-time under their belt in the first round of warm-up matches on Saturday, albeit in a match that
Elsewhere, the India-England clash was called off without a ball being bowled.Australia won the toss and opted to bat however the match was
eventually abandoned due to rain.But Thiruvananthapuram finally got to see some warm-up action at the ICC Men&s Cricket World Cup 2023 after
Friday&s clash between South Africa and Afghanistan was abandoned due to rain.Saturday&s action was also truncated by rain, with only a
23-over-a-side game possible after a late start.Having already played three games in India recently and familiar with the conditions,
Australia decided to experiment with their batting order by giving their lower order a chance with the bat.Steve Smith opened the batting
with Josh Inglis but the latter&s stay at the crease was cut short by a peach of an inswinger from Logan van Beek
Smith, meanwhile, was on the attack and scored a fiery 55 off 42 balls laced with four boundaries and three maximums.Australia lost Alex
Carey and Glenn Maxwell in quick succession to the spin of Roelof van der Merwe and Shariz Ahmad respectively
Mitchell Starc came in at No.6 after Smith&s dismissal, and gave a good account of himself with an unbeaten 24 off 22 balls
Skipper Pat Cummins at No.7 couldn&t do the same.Cameron Green gave the innings some much-needed impetus as well with a 26-ball 34 as
Australia finished at 166/7 in 23 overs.In reply, Netherlands were blown away by Mitchell Starc&s fiery spell that contained a stunning
With three almost identical in-swingers, Starc removed three batters for golden ducks
He first trapped Max O&Dowd in front of the stumps before rattling the woodwork of Wesley Barresi and Bas de Leede.Mitchell Marsh removed
Vikramjit Singh soon after and Netherlands never managed to recover from the early loss of wickets
Colin Ackermann and Scott Edwards were the only two batters to get to double-digit scores and saved the Dutch from slipping further.Just as
a result was in sight, the rain returned in the 14th over and the match was abandoned with Netherlands at 84/6.The Dutch will continue their
stay at Thiruvananthapuram as they play their second warm-up game against India on Tuesday, 3 October
Australia head to Hyderabad to take on Pakistan on the same day.England vs IndiaThe warm-up match between India and England in Guwahati on
Saturday was abandoned due to persistent rain
The only action possible was the toss, which Rohit Sharma won and elected to bat.But just as the players were about to take the field, it
started pouring and never relented.Both teams will be hoping to get some game-time before the World Cup begins in the second round of
England will remain in Guwahati to face Bangladesh on 2 October while India travel to Thiruvananthapuram to face Netherlands.Watch all warm
up matches liveAriana Television Network kicked off its live broadcast campaign of the ODI World Cup on Friday, September 29
Sadly, Afghanistan&s first warm up match & against South Africa & was rained out.Both Afghanistan&s warm up matches will be broadcast live,
on Ariana Television, along with other key matches
However, the balance of matches will be streamed live on our website.Ariana Television broadcasts of warm up matches will start at 12:30pm
on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday
Live coverage of other matches, on the same days, will be streamed on our websites.For the full warm up broadcast and streaming schedule see
table below.The post Starc hat-trick brightens damp Day 2 of World Cup 2023 warm-up matches first appeared on Ariana News.
