England will take on another rare European cricket playing country Netherlands in their opening match of the ICC world cup Cricket 2011 on 22nd Feb 2011 at Nagpur. This time English team is considered to be one of the favorites to win the world Cup. The morale of the team is high after their successive Ashes victory over their arch rivals Australia both at home and abroad.
Feb 22, 2011 14:30
Group B : England vs Netherlands,
5th ODI Nagpur
Though this clash is believed to be one sided, still upsets can happen as it does happen in any major tournaments. Netherlands got some good players and knows the nerves of the English players as they too play against them in the English county Cricket regularly.
From English side the key players will be their captain Andrew Strauss and Kevin Petersen who is considering to open the innings. Another player is their once dependable batsman Collinwood. England got strong bowling attack mainly on pace with all their bowlers fit and in good form, still their spinner Swann is believed to be the secret weapon in their mission to win the cup as he will get help from the sub continent spinning track. The match will start 9 am GMT and is a day night match.
England Squad
AJ Strauss*, JM Anderson, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior†, A Shahzad, GP Swann, JC Tredwell, IJL Trott, LJ Wright, MH Yardy
Netherlands Squad
PW Borren*, Adeel Raja, W Barresi†, Mudassar Bukhari, AF Buurman†, TLW Cooper, TN de Grooth, AN Kervezee, BP Kruger, BP Loots, PM Seelaar, ES Szwarczynski, RN ten Doeschate, BA Westdijk, B Zuiderent
