Netherlands vs. England, Peter Borren wins toss and elects to bat – ICC World Cup 2011
In the fifth match of the ICC World Cup, Netherlands is taking on their fellow Europeans, England.
Dutch captain, Peter Borren, won the toss and elected to bat first in a day and night game in Nagpur, India.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wesley-Barresi-c96487. Both batsmen will be looking to provide a solid start.
The Men in Orange will fancy their chances against the Poms as they won a dramatic match previously when both the teams clashed. That game was in the Twenty20 World Cup in England at Lord’s.
The team news from the English camp is that Ravi Bopara is included at the expense of Michael Yardy. Michael Yardy gives an additional advantage of spin bowling, however, Bopara will be a useful player while batting down the order.
Bopara was the late inclusion in the team after Eoin Morgan got injured before the World Cup started.
Well reputed and dangerous Dutch all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate will be a player to watch out for. His hard hitting abilities can hurt the English team and he will be a prize wicket.
England has never won a World Cup and the closet they have reached to lifting the coveted trophy was in 1992, when Pakistan defeated them in the finals.
This year England has come up with the most balanced unit and has all the capabilities to win. They have specialist One Day International (ODI) batsmen, and they have varied bowling attacks.
The pace duo of James Anderson and Stuart Broad are in supreme form, and that would be backed up Graeme Swann’s spin bowling.
Swann has developed into a very useful commodity in the side, and the spin friendly wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 will support his bowling style. He will be looking to strangle the opposition and take some wickets for his side.
The message from the captain is clear as he wants to hit the minnow team hard in their opening game. A lot is going to depend on how the opening pair of Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen plays.
In the World Cup warm-up games, Pietersen played a gutsy innings of 66 runs off 78 balls against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. Also, Stuart Broad announced his comeback after injury with claiming five wickets twice in the practice games.
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