AHMEDABAD (INDIA) – New Zealand handed defending champions England a nine-wicket thrashing at the Cricket World Cup on Thursday at the start of a marathon tournament likely to dictate the event’s status in the future of the sport.
Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra smashed centuries to power New Zealand to a crushing win over an England side stripped of injured talisman Ben Stokes.
After restricting England to 282-9, left-handers Conway (152) and Ravindra (123) put on an unbeaten stand of…
