London
22 °C
Manchester
18 °C
Glasgow
19 °C
Dublin
Belfast
Washington
Denver
Atlanta
Dallas
37 °C
Houston Texas
New Orleans
34 °C
El Paso
Phoenix
41 °C
Los Angeles
24 °C
9 °C
28 °C
Conway, Ravindra hit first centuries of Cricket World Cup / Photo: Punit PARANJPE, Punit PARANJPE - AFP
Conway, Ravindra hit first centuries of Cricket World Cup
New Zealand's Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra hit the first centuries of the Cricket World Cup on Thursday in the opening match of the tournament against England.
Left-handed opener Conway made his fifth ODI ton off 83 balls studded with 13 fours and two sixes at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
Fellow left-hander Ravindra soon followed with his maiden ODI century off 82 balls with nine fours and four sixes.
Set 283 to win by the defending champions, New Zealand lost Will Young for a duck in the second over of the chase but Conway and Ravindra took on the opposition bowlers with a string of boundaries and built a partnership of over 200.
The 13th edition of the World Cup has 10 teams and will run for 45 days in 10 Indian cities with the final in Ahmedabad on November 19.
J.Simon--PS
