Cricket: It was one of the wildest matches of cricket we'd ever played according to England's World Cup heroes Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes.
Relive: Pom's chaotic 2019 WC win vs NZ | 03:28England star Ben Stokes could miss the World Cup opener against New Zealand due to a hip injury with captain Jos Buttler admitting Wednesday “it’s not the time to take risks”.Defending champions England and the Black Caps will begin the 10-nation, 45-day showpiece tournament at Ahmedabad’s 132,000-capacity stadium on Thursday.
Watch every match of The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Live on Kayo Sports. Starts THU 5 OCT 7:30PM AEDT.“He is working hard with the physios and we’ll know more when the guys arrive for training today. We’ll make the right call: if he’s not fit to play, he’s not fit to play. The 32-year-old Stokes was selected for the World Cup as a specialist batsman after a longstanding knee injury ruled out his role as a bowler.
“He’s not played loads of ODI cricket, but it’s a format that should suit him perfectly. It will allow him to bat for a long time and make big runs and that’s something he enjoys doing.” Thursday’s game will be a rematch of the 2019 final at Lord’s which was decided on boundary countback after the scores were level after a super over.
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