Updated On: 05 October, 2023 07:19 AM IST | Ahmedabad | Sir Richard Hadlee
They have a lot of talent, skill, depth and options and their style of play is very positive

Trent Boult
The opening game of the 2023 World Cup is a blockbuster match featuring the two finalists from four years back at Lord’s. That was one of the greatest finals ever, the teams scoring the same amount of runs in regulation play and in the Super Over. England won on boundary-countback, which is not a great way to determine a winner. I am glad things have changed in that regard.
This is also a rematch of the opening fixture of the 1996 World Cup, at the same venue (Ahmedabad). New Zealand won that encounter by 11 runs and I am hoping for a repeat of that result, though we all know how formidable England are.