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Ben Stokes, Babar Azam, and Steve Smith are among key batters in the spotlight for their opponents.

The Black Caps will be without recuperating pair Kane Williamson and Tim Southee for their Cricket World Cup opening match against England.

The tournament commencing on October 5 will see 10 teams playing 45 league matches in a round-robin format

Babar smacked a scintillating 90 runs off just 59 balls

New Zealand are banking on golden generation trio Kane Williamson, Tim Southee and Trent Boult having one last...

Devon Conway and Tom Latham scored half-centuries as the Black Caps beat South Africa by seven runs in their last warm-up match ahead of the Cricket World Cup.

Pakistan's Mohammed Rizwan hit an impressive century inside an eerily empty stadium on Friday but his team suffered a heavy defeat to New Zealand in their World Cup warm-up fixture.Rizwan hit 103 with nine fours and two sixes in his 94-ball innings while skipper Babar Azam made 80 in Pakistan's 345-5 after electing to bat first.

Meanwhile, no play was possible between Afghanistan and South Africa, as rain caused their match to be abandoned before a ball was bowled.

The Men in Green were not up to the mark in the field during their first warm-up game

New Zealand could be the dark horse of the ongoing ICC World Cup cricket tournament. Surprisingly not many of the former players and