Kane Williamson (L) and Angelo Mathews throughout Cricket World Cup 2023© X (previously Twitter)
Veteran Sri Lanka batter Angelo Mathews has been dominating headlines since turning into the primary ever cricketer to be dismissed ‘timed out’ through the Cricket World Cup 2023 match in opposition to Bangladesh. The incident led to an enormous controversy with specialists and followers break up over the ‘spirit of cricket’ dialogue that surrounded the occasion. Mathews reached the crease in time however as a consequence of a damaged helmet strap, he was not able to face his first supply. The umpires had no different possibility however to offer him ‘timed out’ after an attraction from Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan. Whereas tempers flared after that match, Mathews noticed the humorous aspect of issues when he was reportedly teased by New Zealand gamers on Thursday.
Kane Williamson asking Angelo Mathews if he had checked his Helmet strap when he got here to bat.#NZvsSL #WorldCup2023india #ICCWorldCup #AngeloMatthews pic.twitter.com/k3eot84WhN
— Mudasar Choudhary (@MudasarJatt) November 9, 2023
In the course of the Cricket World Cup 2023 match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, each Kane Williamson and Trent Boult had been seen having an animated dialog with Mathews when he got here out to bat. The commentators consider that they had been asking him to examine his helmet strap. Each events ended up with the cricketers in splits because the commentators consider that Mathews can now see the lighter aspect of issues.
Trent Boult and Kane Williamson had been teasing Angelo Mathews for his timed out dismissal#SLvsNZ#RohitSharma𓃵 #ViratKohli #CWC23INDIA #abhiya #elvisha #abhisha #INDvsENG #CricketWorldCup #CricketWorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/xzAooZZI9L
— Virat Kohli(parody) (@harshraj5056) November 9, 2023
Quick bowler Trent Boult claimed three wickets as New Zealand ripped by means of half of Sri Lanka’s batting on Thursday of their bid to earn a semi-final spot on the Cricket World Cup 2023.
New Zealand elected to area first and the bowlers backed up the choice with common wickets regardless of an attacking 51 by Kusal Perera in Bengaluru.
Sri Lanka had been tottering at 74-5 in 10 overs after Lockie Ferguson despatched again the left-handed Perera, who hit 9 fours and two sixes in his 28-ball knock at a venue the place rain is predicted within the night.
Left-arm fast Boult stood out after the wickets of skipper Kusal Mendis (six), Sadeera Samarawickrama (one) and Charith Asalanka (eight), who was given not out however the Kiwis efficiently reviewed the choice of their favour.
The Black Caps have misplaced 4 straight matches however stay slight favourites within the hunt for the remaining semi-final spot as they’ve a greater run charge than rivals Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(With AFP inputs)
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