Liton gets first ball duck for birthday

Bangladesh batsman Liton Das endured a nightmare 29th birthday on Friday when he was out first ball for a duck in the World Cup match against New Zealand.

After Bangladesh were put into bat, Liton shuffled down the wicket to confront Trent Boult only to sky the ball to a grateful Matt Henry who pocketed the chance at fine leg.

Liton, playing in his 80th one-day international, has scored 2,339 runs in the format with a best of 176 against Zimbabwe in 2020.

At this World Cup, he made 13 in the victory over Afghanistan followed by 76 in a losing cause against England.

For veteran fast bowler Boult, it was a 199th wicket in one-dayers.