The Netherlands batsmen, especially the South Africa-born Ryan ten Doeschate (119), thrived on England's shoddy bowling and sloppy fielding to power the team to 292/6.
experienced Paul Collingwood's (30 not out) and Ravi Bopara's (30 not out) completing the tricky chase with eight balls to spare
England beat the Netherlands by six wickets in their opening Cricket World Cup match at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium here today.
Brief Scores:
The Netherlands: 292 for six in 50 overs (Ryan ten
Doeschate 119, Tom Cooper 47; Graeme Swan 2/35, Stuart Broad
2/65).
England: 296 for 4 in 48.4 overs (Andrew Strauss 88,
Jonathan Trott 62; Ryan ten Doeschate 2/47).
Electing to bat, the Netherlands scored 292 for six against England in the World Cup Group B match at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium today.
The Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat in the World Cup Group B match against England in Nagpur at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium today.
Ravi Bopara and Graeme Swann return for this match for England.
Teams:
England: A Strauss (c), K Pietersen, J Trott, I Bell, P Collingwood, R Bopara, M Prior (wk), T Bresnan, S Broad, G Swann, J Anderson.
Netherlands: A Kervezee, W Barresi (wk), T Cooper, R ten Doeschate, B Zuiderent, TN de Grooth, PW Borren (c), Mudassar Bukhari, PM Seelaar, BP Loots, BA Westdijk.
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