{"id":317061,"date":"2023-09-30T18:26:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T18:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=317061"},"modified":"2023-09-30T18:26:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T18:26:14","slug":"world-cup-2023-smith-starc-star-in-rain-hit-warm-up-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/sport\/world-cup-2023-smith-starc-star-in-rain-hit-warm-up-match\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2023: Smith, Starc star in rain-hit warm-up match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia batsman Steve Smith scored a half-century before pacer Mitchell Starc bagged a hat-trick to rip through the Netherlands top order in a rain-affected warm-up game in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday ahead of the 50-overs World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>In a clash delayed due to a wet outfield and reduced to 23 overs per side, five-times champions Australia rode on opener Smith&#8217;s 55 and Cameron Green&#8217;s 34 lower down to post 166-7.<\/p>\n<p>But rain returned with the Netherlands in trouble at 84-6 from 14.2 overs and the game was eventually called off.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch, who are set to appear at a fifth World Cup and their first since 2011, were rattled as Starc (3-18) removed Max O&#8217;Dowd and Wesley Barresi in the final two deliveries of the opening over and castled Bas de Leede in his next.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Cup 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All three batsmen fell for first-ball ducks as Starc showed no signs of rust having recently returned to the starting eleven following a groin injury.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/cricket\/report\/world-cup-2023-smith-starc-star-in-rain-hit-warm-up-match\/20230930.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia batsman Steve Smith scored a half-century before pacer Mitchell Starc bagged a hat-trick to rip through the Netherlands top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":317060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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