Bowlers from both sides could be forgiven for letting out a little groan, or perhaps even clasping an imaginary hamstring strain, after news that Monday's match between England and Pakistan is to be played on a surface renowned for vast scores.

Yes, England's second World Cup game will be played on the same pitch on which they have twice broken the record for highest ODI score, amassing 481 for 6 against Australia last year and 444 for 3 against Pakistan in 2016. It is two away from the strip used on Friday, when Pakistan were bounced out for 105, and, in short, probably the best batting surface in the world for ODI cricket at present.

This tournament may prove just a little different, though. Early indications suggest the early starts - most matches begin at 10.30am to maximise the peak hours for an Asian TV audience - may have shifted the balance in such encounters just a little bit back towards the bowlers. Vast scores are still likely, but talk of reaching 500 may prove premature if the sides batting first have to adopt a slightly more circumspect start to their innings.

Perhaps the hostility of the bowlers may be a factor, too. Certainly, in the opening few games we have seen the short ball used a little more than was expected, and with some success. Not only were Pakistan blown away by West Indies, but Jofra Archer troubled several South Africa batsmen with his short ball. While bowling short is hardly revolutionary, it could a tactic that increases in prevalence again during this World Cup just as delivering wide yorkers or slower balls became features of previous tournaments. It is remarkable to think that some of the best seamers in the first three World Cups - Joel Garner, for example - rarely bowled a slower ball.

Given how Pakistan played - or didn't play - the short ball on Friday, there is sure to be some temptation for England to add Mark Wood to the attack that fared so well the previous day. Wood, who at his best is every bit as quick as Archer, bowled at full pace in training in Nottingham on Saturday and is said to be fit and available for selection. But Liam Plunkett, who would be the most likely candidate to make way for him, enjoyed a fine all-round game on Thursday and would be unfortunate to miss out. Neither Chris Woakes (five overs) nor Archer (seven) bowled their full allocation, so are expected to be fit and fresh to play again.

"I think playing Wood will be discussed," Graham Thorpe, the England batting coach, said. "We're aware of what went on here on Friday. We saw West Indies go pretty hard at Pakistan. The captain will make a call on it."

There is every chance England will be on the receiving end of some hostile fast bowling at some stage, too. While West Indies and Australia look especially capable of adopting such a tactic, there is plenty of pace in the Pakistan, squad. To that end, the England batsmen have faced a fair bit of Archer and Wood in the nets and appreciate that it is a tactic - like opponents opening the bowling with spin - for which they must be prepared.

"Wood and Archer let it go at our guys, too," Thorpe said. "It's good preparation for them. We talk about what you have to be good at and, generally, playing pace and spin is high on the agenda. We had spoken about the possibility of teams starting with spin. So sometimes in training, our players will start against spin and sometimes they'll start against pace. They have to be prepared for everything."

Despite the pre-tournament talk about huge totals, Thorpe was actually most impressed by the manner in which England adapted to a slightly more demanding surface in their first match. It is not a skill they have they have always shown, so to have managed it under pressure in such a high-profile game has given the side confidence.

"We've come a cropper a couple of times in the last year or two," Thorpe said. "And we've spoken about it. But you can talk about it all the time, you've got to put it into action as well. So it was pleasing we managed to adapt and the guys are really proud of that.

"We didn't quite unlock the door in terms of our batting at The Oval. We couldn't really let go, because we kept losing wickets at crucial times. We had to keep trying to put on those mini-partnerships and that was really good of us to do that.

"But this [Trent Bridge] has generally been a good ground to play at over the years. It has generally always been a good pitch. So the guys are excited. They are looking forward to it."

Well, the batsmen anyway. Despite the early starts and prevalence of the short ball, it still promises to be a tough game for bowlers.

Australia 209 for 3 (Warner 89*, Finch 66) beat Afghanistan 207 (Najibullah 51, Rahmat 43, Cummins 3-40, Zampa 3-60) by seven wickets

Eleven years after winning the World Cricket League Division Five in the British Isles, Afghanistan completed a remarkable turnaround to make it to their second World Cup, also in the UK, but Australia captain Aaron Finch and his fellow opener David Warner rained on their parade, handing them a seven-wicket defeat.

In his first international game after serving a one-year ban for his role in the Newlands ball-tampering scandal, Warner was booed when he walked out to open Australia's 208 chase and later when he reached a half-century. Some fans even dressed up in sandpaper boxes. Steven Smith, if anything, drew louder and more persistent boos when he walked out at No. 4. But the two marked their reunion with a busy 49-run stand - highlighted by frenetic running - which hastened Australia's victory. Smith fell with Australia three away from victory, but Glenn Maxwell teed up the win with a first-ball four. Warner walked off, bat raised and unbeaten.

It was Mitchell Starc - another comeback man - who had laid down the marker with a thrilling first over, where he breached the 150kph barrier. The mean inswinger barged through the defences of Mohammad Shahzad, for a duck, and he backed it up with an even meaner stare.

In the next over, Pat Cummins had the other opener Hazratullah Zazai nicking off for a duck, too. Najibullah Zadran and captain Gulbadin Naib muscled 83 together off 77 balls after that, but Afghanistan's go-for-broke approach meant that they were dismissed for 207 with nearly 12 overs unused in their innings. In the end, they were left with a teasing thought: what might have been had they batted 50 overs and given their world-class spinners more runs to work with?

Watch on Hotstar (India only): Australia breeze past Afghanistan

In pursuit of a rather slim target, Finch went after both Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan to force Afghanistan into a corner. He deployed his signature giant stride and crunched 20 off ten balls from Mujeeb, hitting him out of the attack. By the time Rashid was introduced, Australia were 69 for 0 in 13 overs. Rashid's first two balls to Finch were carted for four and six, but three overs later Naib tricked Finch with a 111kph slower ball and had him holing out to deep cover.

At the other end, Warner reined himself in and took charge of the chase after Hamid Hassan - with his Rocky-style headband on and Afghanistan flag painted on his cheeks - harried the opener with pace. Pace like fire. Pace at 145kph. Pace that belied his near two-year absence from top-fight cricket.

Warner, though, saw off that fiery spell and built his innings with gentle little bunts and pushes. But there was one stirring moment when he swatted a slower ball from Dawlat Zadran over mid-off. Outside of that, it was his running between the wickets that stood out: he claimed nine twos and one three. After getting to his fifty off 74 balls, he grew more fluent, particularly against spin and ushered Australia home in fuss-free fashion.

Afghanistan had showed sparks of brilliance after choosing to bat first, but they could not sustain it for long enough. Rahmat Shah played some exquisite punches and flicks during his 43 while Najibullah unleashed unleashed a more brutal assault on Adam Zampa, slamming him for 4,4,6,6 in the 29th over. Naib had his share of fun, hitting Cummins and Nathan Coulter-Nile away to the leg-side boundaries. But just when the Najibullah-Naib stand was threatening to take the game away from Australia, Marcus Stoinis returned to the attack and bounced out both the set batsmen.

Rashid then cracked Stoinis for four boundaries in five balls to haul Afghanistan past 200. But, they continued to throw their bats and wickets away, folding in 38.2 overs. Zampa and Cummins, who wound up with three wickets each, cleaned up the tail and set the scene for Warner's match-winning return.

In his first international match after the one-year ban for ball tampering, David Warner carved out an unbeaten 89 off 114 balls to give Australia a seven-wicket win in their World Cup 2019 opener. The bowlers had bowled Afghanistan out for 207, and Australia chased that down in just 34.5 overs.

Warner, who was declared the Man of the Match, was tentative at the start of his innings before growing more assured. He admitted that his long absence from the 50-over format had played a part in his slow start.

"I think it was just nerves getting back into the camp, and getting back into the full intensity of training," Warner said at the post-match presentation. "I was a little bit more relaxed when Finchy (Aaron Finch) started going. But look, to come out here and bowl the way that we did, probably set the tone from Ball 1 for us with the bat… there is a great energy and a great buzz about this team at the moment.

"The way that I started out there - playing Twenty20 cricket over the last sort of 12 to 14 months - I hadn't really moved my feet at all. So to get back into rhythm out there, start moving in the right direction, getting my head over the ball - that was just great to get out there and do that. As a positive, for us, it's about getting past this first victory and move on to the West Indies."

Warner put on 96 in 16.2 overs for the opening wicket, with Finch smashing 66 off 49. But Warner ground his way through a patchy first half to ensure he was there at the end, earning praise from his captain and opening partner.

"I think he was struggling for the first half of his innings there," Finch said. "He struggled to time the ball and his feet weren't really going, so the fact that he kept hanging in there and hanging in there… you always have to remember that it's going to be harder for a new batter to come in. So that was great for him, to just keep on and do that job really well for us and be not out at the end."

Warner acknowledged the importance of the top order getting runs, with the trend so far in this World Cup being of the quicker bowlers scything through teams. "Us batters like to see that," Warner said. "We know the bowlers always say that one-day cricket is always a batsman's game. But two new balls over here, there's a bit of swing for the fast bowlers, but you saw out and out quicks going through the top order. For us as batters, we've just got to hold our nerve a little bit, play normal cricket shots and get into our innings."

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PARIS -- This was one deficit too big to overcome for Naomi Osaka, whose Grand Slam winning streak is over.

The No. 1-ranked Osaka couldn't muster a comeback after falling way behind yet again at the French Open, losing 6-4, 6-2 in the third round to No. 42 Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic on Saturday.

"I just feel like there has been a weight on me, kind of," said Osaka, who was seeded No. 1 at a major tournament for the first time.

She had won her past 16 matches at majors, allowing her to lift the trophies at the US Open last September and Australian Open in January. That run also included two victories at Roland Garros after trailing by a set and a break each time.

"I could see," Siniakova said, "that she's not so confident like she was."

But Osaka said Saturday that she felt tired and was dealing with a headache.

Her mounting mistakes just kept accumulating against Siniakova, who had never reached the fourth round in singles in 18 previous Slam appearances. She is better known for her doubles success, winning championships at the French Open and Wimbledon last year and topping the rankings.

She is the first woman ranked No. 1 in doubles to defeat the singles No. 1 in more than 30 years, according to the WTA: The last occasion was when Martina Navratilova beat Steffi Graf at the 1987 US Open.

"I mean, it's incredible. It's amazing. It's the thing I couldn't believe," said Siniakova, who will face 2017 US Open runner-up Madison Keys next. "It was my best tennis."

It decidedly was not Osaka's, who quickly gathered her things and headed to the Court Suzanne Lenglen locker room when the lopsided match was finished.

She wound up with a hard-to-believe 38 unforced errors; Siniakova made only 13.

And Osaka, so good lately at the biggest moments on her sport's biggest stages, wasn't able to come up with the goods on the hottest day of the tournament so far, with the temperature topping 80 degrees (approaching 30 Celsius).

One key statistic: Osaka compiled seven break points in the first set but failed to convert a single one. She was 0 for 4 on break chances when Siniakova served out that set, then never managed to earn one in the second.

Clay has never been Osaka's best surface. Her power game is served better by the speed of hard courts, in particular. That's why she still has not made it to the round of 16 at the French Open.

The first tennis player from Japan to be ranked No. 1 thought she was better suited to contend this time and spoke about eyeing a third consecutive major title -- and moving halfway to a true Grand Slam.

"It's weird, but I think me losing is probably the best thing that could have happened. I think I was overthinking this calendar Slam. For me, this is something that I have wanted to do forever," Osaka said. "But I think I have to think about it like: If it was that easy, everyone would have done it. I just have to keep training hard and put myself in a position again to do it, hopefully."

After going just 9-11 on clay over her career until this season, she was 9-1 in 2019 until Saturday's setback.

Osaka's exit, a day after No. 2 Karolina Pliskova lost, leaves defending champion Simona Halep, at No. 3, as the highest-seeded woman remaining. Halep needed only 55 minutes to get to the fourth round with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over No. 27 Lesia Tsurenko.

Keys, a semifinalist in Paris a year ago, advanced by beating qualifier Anna Blinkova 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

PARIS -- Serena Williams' quest for a 24th Grand Slam title ended with her earliest loss at a major tournament in five years.

Williams was outplayed in the third round of the French Open by 20-year-old American Sofia Kenin, who used clean, deep groundstrokes to put together the 6-2, 7-5 upset Saturday.

"She played really well," Williams said. "I feel like she, in that first set in particular, hit pretty much inches from the line. I hadn't played anyone like that in a long time. ... She just played, literally, unbelievable. She really went out there today and did great."

The last time Williams was eliminated this quickly at a major came in 2014, when she lost in the second round at Roland Garros to Garbine Muguruza and in the third round at Wimbledon to Alize Cornet.

Since those early-for-her defeats, Williams had won six of the 14 majors she entered to surpass Steffi Graf's professional-era record of 22 Grand Slam singles championships. With 23, Williams stands one away from Margaret Court's mark for the most in tennis history; Court played in both the professional and amateur eras.

Williams, who is 37, sat out four Slams in 2017-18 while she was off the tour to have a baby. Her first major tournament back was last year's French Open, where she withdrew before a fourth-round match because of a chest muscle injury. She went on to reach the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open before wasting match points during a quarterfinal loss at the Australian Open.

Williams came to Paris having played only four matches since then; she withdrew from two tournaments because of an injured left knee and from another because of illness.

"I am glad I came," Williams said. "I love the city. I love the tournament. I really wanted to be here. I'm glad I came. But it's just been a really grueling season for me."

Williams struggled through her opening match at the French Open, which she has won three times, and again against the 35th-ranked Kenin, who never before had made it to the round of 16 at a major.

But Kenin played quite well, never showing a trace of nerves. It was Williams whose strokes were off-target: Her 34 unforced errors were twice as many as Kenin's total. And Kenin broke Williams four times, while only ceding one of her own service games despite Williams having six break point opportunities.

It was only the third tour-level loss by Williams to an American player younger than her in 42 career matches at any tournament. Kenin joined Sloane Stephens (2013) and Madison Brengle (2017) in that club.

It was the second significant surprise in a matter of hours: Earlier in the day, No. 1 seed Naomi Osaka was eliminated 6-4, 6-2 by 42nd-ranked Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic to end Osaka's 16-match Grand Slam winning streak.

ESPN Stats & Information and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Murray State guard Ja Morant -- the projected No. 2 pick in this month's NBA draft -- will undergo a minor arthroscopic procedure on his right knee Monday, league sources told ESPN.

Morant is expected to be fully recovered in three to four weeks, sources said.

The scope is designed to remove a loose body in his knee, sources said.

Morant, 19, is the Memphis Grizzlies' target with the second pick in June's draft, sources said. Morant's agent, Jim Tanner of Tandem Sports, informed teams at the top of the draft -- including New Orleans, Memphis and New York -- of the impending procedure on Saturday, sources said.

Along with Duke forwards Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett, Morant is one of the dynamic talents on the cusp of entering the league. Morant averaged 24.5 points and an NCAA-leading 10 assists in his sophomore season.

The Toronto Raptors did exactly what they needed to do in their Game 1 win to open the NBA Finals. They played smart, physical basketball on both ends of the court and outperformed the Golden State Warriors in virtually every key phase.

What about Game 1 is significant moving forward, and what adjustments are needed?

Here are two key questions heading into Game 2 (Sunday, 8 p.m. ET on ABC).

Where are the Warriors going to get their points?

Let's start with the fact that Golden State didn't get enough buckets.

The Dubs made just 34 field goals, their lowest total of this postseason. They lost the 3-point battle and the 2-point battle. They lost the transition battle. They lost the turnover battle. Toronto introduced a physicality that muddied up the game, crowded the perimeter, induced 17 turnovers and frustrated the Warriors ball handlers and jump shooters.

The Raps held Steph Curry -- who averaged 24 field goal attempts per game in the Western Conference finals -- to just 18 field goal attempts. Nobody did a better job than Fred VanVleet, who matched up against Curry 29 times and held him to just two points in those instances, per Second Spectrum tracking. With Kevin Durant still sidelined, Curry needs to thrive, but Toronto made sure that didn't happen with a smart and aggressive pick-and-roll defense that suffocated Steph all night long.

Golden State entered the Finals as the postseason's best pick-and-roll offense, averaging 1.13 points per play. But Toronto entered as the best pick-and-roll defense, yielding a minuscule 0.74 points per chance.

Well, Toronto held the Warriors to 0.81 points per pick-and-roll chance in Game 1. That's fantastic.

Curry torched the Blazers in the screen game in the West finals, running over 31 picks per contest while yielding a ridiculous 1.23 points per chance, per Second Spectrum tracking. But Toronto isn't Portland, folks. In the closeout game of the West finals, the Warriors scored 50 points directly off of Curry pick actions (meaning the play led to either a shot or assist opportunity). In Game 1 of this series, they scored 14.

The Raptors were strong at the point of attack, with bigs such as Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka playing high and aggressive on Curry, forcing him to either take very hard contested jumpers or give up the ball to players such as Jordan Bell. The results speak for themselves: Warriors' ball-handlers, including Curry, combined to score zero points on six shots off pick actions in Game 1. For comparison, they scored 37 points on 21 shots in Game 4 against the Blazers.

Like the Dixie Chicks, the Splash Brothers love wide open spaces, but the Raptors clogged up the point of attack in the pick-and-roll and largely took away the transition game, in essence challenging Golden State to find alternative pathways to buckets. That never happened.

Top 5 Stephen Curry Defenders This Season

Curry Points Per 100 By Defender
1. Fred VanVleet .......... 10.8
2. Eric Bledsoe ............ 16.7
3. Chris Paul ................ 17.2
4. Mike Conley ............ 18.0
5. K. Caldwell-Pope .... 18.5

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Toronto forced Golden State to make a disproportionate number of half-court and contested shots in Game 1. It was the exact type of physical, half-court game the Warriors would normally lean on Durant to win. (KD has made 50 percent of his half-court shots and 49 percent of his contested looks this postseason.) But sans Durant, the Warriors made just 40 percent of their half-court shots -- their worst such mark this postseason -- and just 23 percent of their contested looks, their worst playoff mark in the Steve Kerr era.

One of this dynasty's trademarks is its ability to destroy teams on fast breaks. But the Raptors continued their defensive discipline from the East finals by getting back on defense, holding the Warriors to zero 3-pointers in transition.

If there are three numbers Golden State must improve going forward, these stand out:

• The 3-point differential (Toronto was plus-3)

• The transition differential (Toronto was plus-7)

• Total points off Curry pick-and-roll action (only 14)

If the Warriors expect to regain control of this series, those key markers must improve.

What's sustainable about the Raptors' success?

The Warriors also must figure out what to do with Pascal Siakam, who went out and had one of the best Finals debuts we've ever seen. Siakam shot 14-of-17 and racked up 32 points, including an eye-popping 16 points directly against Draymond Green, the defensive spirit animal of the defending champs.

Shout out to any voters who didn't name Siakam Most Improved Player on their ballots.

But while it's fair to say that Siakam won't do that again this series, it's also fair to assume that Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Lowry won't combine to shoot just 7-of-23 again -- especially if Andre Iguodala isn't 100 percent going forward. Iguodala is likely for Game 2 following an MRI, but the Warriors are going to be cautious since the injury is in the Achilles tendon area, according to a report by ESPN's Nick Friedell.

The Warriors did a great job on Leonard by holding him to only five made field goals, but much of that solid work was done by Iguodala.

Most matchups vs. Kawhi Leonard in Game 1

• Andre Iguodala: 35

• Klay Thompson: 19

• Kevon Looney: 10

Like Leonard, Iguodala earned a Finals MVP thanks largely to incredible individual defense, and like Leonard, Iggy's defense is among his team's most vital assets. If he can't play or operate at full strength, Leonard will likely shoot and score a lot more in this series going forward. (Side note: The Warriors also need to button up their transition defense. The Raptors made 12 of their 15 transition shots, including five from Siakam.)

Let's not forget Marc Gasol, who logged his most consequential performance as a Raptor. It's hard to overstate both the direct and indirect contributions he made in Game 1. Not only did he disrupt Curry's pick-and-rolls on defense -- he added 20 huge points on just 10 shots on offense. But that's not all. As a stretch-5, Gasol effectively thinned out Golden State's interior defense, opening up the lane for Siakam's rim attacks.

When Gasol is hanging out at the top of the arc, so is his large defender. In turn, Toronto's drivers have a lot less to worry about in the paint, and Siakam showed that he's going to be a problem if there's no help defense to contest his close-range buckets. Of Siakam's 32 points, 18 came in the paint. No other player in the game had more than six paint points. While Siakam's 82 percent shooting is not sustainable, his abilities to cause trouble in the dunker spot and to maneuver past a single defender to get clean looks in the interior certainly are.

Toronto's defense and the stellar play of Siakam and Gasol stood out in Game 1. But Toronto still has a ton of work left to do. Is Game 2 a must-win for Golden State? Heck no. Just ask the Raptors, who lost their first two games in Milwaukee in ugly fashion before rattling off four straight wins. If Toronto taught us anything in the East finals, it's not to overreact to who wins the first game.

The Boston Red Sox have placed first baseman Steve Pearce on the injured list with a low back strain, the team announced Saturday.

Pearce was removed from Friday's 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees after fouling out against J.A. Happ in the second inning.

Pearce, the World Series MVP last year, is batting only .182 with one home run and nine RBIs this season.

To fill his spot on the roster, the Red Sox recalled first baseman/outfielder Sam Travis from Triple-A Pawtucket.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The Milwaukee Brewers are placing starting left-hander Gio Gonzalez on the 10-day injured list with arm fatigue.

Manager Craig Counsell told reporters Saturday that Gonzalez isn't feeling pain but rather is dealing with a dead arm feeling.

Gonzalez has made six starts for the Brewers since signing with the team in late April and making his season debut on April 28. He is 2-1 with a 3.19 ERA in 31 innings.

The Brewers are activating catcher Manny Pina from the 10-day injured list in a corresponding move. He hasn't played since May 15 due to a hamstring injury.