In the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, England and Pakistan are currently facing off in the 44th match at the renowned Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata. Jos Buttler is leading the 2019 champions, and England has experienced a decent performance in the tournament.
England has already been ruled out of the semifinal contention. On the other hand, Pakistan, although still in the running, faced the daunting challenge of significantly improving its net run rate compared to New Zealand. However, they did not achieve this and have now been officially eliminated from the tournament.
With this, the semifinalists have been decided where India will face New Zealand on November 16 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. In the second semifinal, Australia will face South Africa on November 16 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
In this match going on today between England and Pakistan, England has posted a total of 337 runs at the loss of nine wickets. For them, Ben Stokes has scored the maximum 84 runs while Joe Root got 60 runs. Jonny Bairstow also scored a solid fifty getting 59 runs in just 61.
Haris Rauf got three wickets while Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Jr managed to get two wickets each.
